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
