Extended data for Introduction to Health Psychology

Introduction to Health Psychology

Institution

Eötvös Loránd University

Organizational Unit

PPK Institute of Psychology

Related programme

Psychology

Code

PSYB19-139

ECTS

3

ISCED code

0313 Psychology

Language of instruction

English

Academic term

2/2

Title

Introduction to Health Psychology hu

Introduction to Health Psychology en

Reading list Compulsory reading list ·         Morrison, V. and Bennett, P. (2012). Introduction to Health Psychology (3rd Ed.). Essex: Pearson Education Limited. Recommended reading list ·         Articles, To Be Announced

Content of the course Topics of the course: ·         Social determinants of health and health inequalities. ·         Health-risk and health-protective behaviours. ·         Reducing risk of disease. ·         Stress, and its relation to health and illness. ·         Stress and illness moderators. ·         Approaches to managing stress. ·         Symptom perception, interpretation and response. ·         Consultation. ·         Illness and quality of life. ·         Improving health and quality of life. Learning activities, learning methods Primary knowledge acquisition will be via lectures and by reading the mandatory material. Furthermore, students are required to prepare a paper, for which they have to acquire relevant information from academic papers of sound quality.

Evaluation of outcomes Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation: Requirements ·         Passing grade for the paper (APA 6th style) on a topic addressed during class. ·         Passing grade for midterm exam. ·         Passing grade for final exam. Mode of evaluation: ·         Two exams, one paper. Criteria of evaluation: ·         Students are required to have at least a passing grade for each assessment. ·         Final grade = midterm exam 40%, final exam 40%, paper 20%.