Health Psychology (U00599)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PPL-4-HP-PS

Course aim: to explore the different types of contribution that psychology may make to understanding and/or altering health in individuals or groups.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Normally Psychology Methodology 1 (U00651) or equivalent.

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

Health Psychology (VS1) (Block 1 only)

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Psychology, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Block 1 only

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 5 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	11:10	13:00	Room S.1, 7 George Square	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To be able to:
-Discuss, critically and in depth, some of the biological, psychological or social causes or consequences of health or illness
-Understand and explain some biological pathways of mind-body relationships and to be able to critically discuss how these are studied
-Critically evaluate the extent to which different areas of psychology can contribute to the understanding of health-related behaviours or illness