Spring 2024 - PSYC 365 D100
Health Psychology (3)
Class Number: 1576
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 18, 2024
Thu, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
David Cox
cox@sfu.ca
1 778 782-6667
Office: RCB 7320
Office Hours: TBD
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Prerequisites:
PSYC 201.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Explores applications of psychological principles to health and health care. The development of the field of health psychology is traced and major topics introduced. Topics include health promotion, the hospital experience, communication in medical settings, coping with serious illness, psychoneuroimmunology, and field-specific methodology.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the field of health psychology through an emphasis on the Canadian health care delivery system. Health psychology is concerned with the contributions of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the identification of etiologic and diagnostic concerns.
Given that health psychology is primarily an applied discipline, the focus of the course will be on the applications of psychology in the health field. Applied examples will be used where possible and recent research will be discussed throughout the course.
Grading
- Writing Assignments: 5%
- Mid-Term Exams: (2 x 25% each) 50%
- Final Exam: 45%
NOTES:
This is a tentative outline
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Matheson, Deborah., Cox, David N. and Poole, G. (2023). The Psychology of Health and Health Care: A Canadian Perspective. (6th Canadian edition); Pearson, Toronto, Ontario.
ISBN: 9780136744115
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
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