PS 402 - Seminar in Psychology

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Bentley University

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Description:

Prerequisite(s): Department chairperson's permission Explores the full range of applications of behavioral strategies and techniques in health science and in maintaining healthy lifestyles. Mind-body interaction is presented as a unified system with multiple surfaces of interface in both health and illness. The body is not a mechanical entity but a system in which thoughts, feelings, moods and actions have an impact upon health status. These psychological factors impact the onset of some diseases, the course of many others and the management of most. In addition, lifestyle is often a contributor to the emergence of many chronic diseases. Health Psychology seeks to study how interventions at the behavioral level can promote health and wellness, facilitate disease management and assist in reducing the costs of health care to society.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bentley.edu

Phone Number:

(800) 523-2354

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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