Individual, Social and Cultural Perspectives in Health Psychology

This module is designed to increase knowledge of associations between individual, social and cultural factors on health. The module focuses on: understanding developmental and lifespan frameworks; developing an appreciation of the effect of individual differences, gender, ethnicity, culture, and class on the psychology of health and health care delivery; and approaches to health adopted by related disciplines. Lecture titles include:

Intelligence and Health 

Health Inequalities 

Social Norms and Attributions

Emotions, Health and positive well-being

Ethnicity, Culture & Health

Social Relationships

Genetics

Personality: A Life Course Perspective on Health (to include adult attachment, dispositional optimism/pessimism, locus of control, negative affectivity)

Social Capital

Gender and Health