Welcome to PSY3405ID
This course is being taught by Dr. Amanda Almond, Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Department, New York City College of Technology, APA Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) Early Career Professional Committee Co-Chair and member of the APA Division 38 (Society of Health Psychology) Research Council.
First thing to do: Be sure to have a working CityTech email account, create OpenLab account, and be sure to activate your Library Barcode (found on your CityTech ID)
The COURSE OUTLINE is your best friend. PRINT IT!
We will be using BLACKBOARD for submitting your assignments and OPENLAB for your readings, assignment description, posts, and course materials.
Course Description:
This course provides an overview of existing psychological and epidemiological findings on the relationship between behavior and disease. The course explores how behavior, emotion and cognition can influence disease processes and examines the impact of stress and perceived control of one’s destiny on coronary, immune and infectious diseases and symptoms. The biological processes of several relevant chronic illnesses are covered as well as related racial and social economic health disparities. Templates for understanding and treating chronic illness including social support, referral and interventions for optimal physical and mental health are discussed. The interdisciplinary theme of this course will provide an overview of extant literature on theories of health psychology within the context of critical race theory, epidemiology, research methods, philosophy of science, biological anthropology, sociology, health communication as well as applied health/medical fields for an enriched understanding of the biopsychosocial approach to health and illness. Lectures and in-class activities as well as films, guest lecturers, service projects, and interactive computer programs make up this textbook-free course with required readings made available via CityTech’s OpenLab and Open Educational Resources (OER).
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