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Contemporary research and theory on how people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond to illness. This is an advanced course in health psychology.
Health psychology has become one of the most rapidly growing fields of psychology over the past 10 years and is concerned with trying to understand psychological influences on a) how people stay healthy, b) why they become ill, c) how they respond when they do get ill. The field uses and applies theories from various psychological sub-disciplines such as social psychology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, and personality psychology. This course aims to provide an in-depth study of contemporary issues in health psychology, focussing on theories, research methodology, psychosocial interventions, new developments and future challenges.
At the end of the course students should - have gained knowledge about contemporary issues in health psychology- be able to critically evaluate health psychology research- be able to apply health psychology research to real life questions - be able to understand issues surrounding ethically, theoretically and methodologically sound health psychology research.- be able to present theories and research in both written and oral formats.
Subject to approval of the Head of Department.
Roeline Kuijer
NO SET TEXT BOOK BUT READINGS WILL BE SUPPLIED
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Domestic fee $1,888.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Psychology .