Psychology 140 - HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

(Formerly PSY 225) This course provides a broad overview of the field of health psychology using foundational concepts, theories, methods, and applications. We examine critically state-of-the-art research and current gaps in knowledge to explore topics including conceptualizations of health and illness, stress and coping, and health behaviors. Our focus is on how health is constituted by and interacts with its multiple contexts, particularly social and environmental ones. Students gain competency in this field through lectures, small group discussions, weekly quizzes and written work.