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. This course has a named level 11 version, if you are a Postgraduate Student you must take the PG version.

Variants

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

Health Psychology (VS1) (Not being delivered)

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 3 only

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

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
22/01/2009	11:10	13:00	Room S.1, 7 George Square	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	13:00	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