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Compare and contrast the biopsychosocial & biomedical models. Include the advantages of
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the biopsychosocial model over the biomedical model. - ANSWER: ➡ Biomedical Model:
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• Illness is purely physiological (pathogen)
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• Health = absence of disease
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• Mind & body are separate
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• Huge advances in health
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• Doesn't account for outside factors
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Biopsychosocial Model: m
• Biological, psychological, sociocultural factors all play a role in health
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• Not a single cause
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• Health = wellness
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• Mind & body are intertwined
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• Accounts for all possible causes
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• More effective treatments & care
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Explain how changing patterns of illness have contributed to the rise in biobehavioral
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health/health psychology. - ANSWER: ➡ People used to die from illnesses like pneumonia,
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the flu, TB, etc. Now leading causes of death include CVD & cancer.
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Huge medical advances but not as much focus on prevention; preventive care involves
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consideration of ALL causes/biopsychosocial model.
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, What does evidence suggest about most individual's knowledge/ understanding of the basic
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structure and function of the body/bodily systems? Why is this knowledge (or lack thereof)
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important in terms of promoting and managing health? - ANSWER: ➡ Many individuals
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have limited understanding of how their body works. Thus they are ignorant in terms of
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exercise, diet, and mental wellness and may not understand benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
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May not understand symptoms either. Need to emphasize basic physiological/anatomical
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knowledge to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent unnecessary visits to
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doctors/hospitals.
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Describe the functioning of the autonomic nervous system. Include in your response the
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roles of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in response to stress. -
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ANSWER: ➡ • Part of PNS.
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• "Automatic"/involuntary actions
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• Sympathetic NS
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m o Arousal
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m o "Fight-or-flight" & "tend-and-befriend"
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• Parasympathetic NS
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m o Inhibition
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m o "Rest & digest"
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• HPA axis & SAM axis activated when SNS is aroused
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m o HPA = long-term stress
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m o SAM = short-term stress
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• PNS → recovery from stress
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What makes events stressful? Include in your answer a discussion of Lazarus and Folkman's
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model of psychological appraisal in the experience of stress. - ANSWER: ➡ Whether an
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event is stressful or not is up to individual perception.
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Lazarus & Folkman's Model of Appraisal (occurs in amygdala):
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