Psychology degree course - introduction to health psychology

Your bachelor degree in psychology looks at a wide variety of topics, including health psychology.  This introduction to health psychology module looks closely at the subject.  In particular this part of your psychology degree course looks at the relationship between physical health and psychological influences.

This bachelor degree psychology module describes and evaluates health and illness from bio-psychosocial approaches.  This introduction to health psychology involves examining the processes which account for physical health.  This part of your psychology degree course also looks at the maintenance of good health.

Bachelor degree psychology courses

The first thing this bachelor degree psychology module looks at is the definition of health psychology.  Thereafter you will study the psychobiological systems in health and illness and the psychosocial aspects of cancer during this introduction to health psychology.  The impact of psychology on quality of life is another aspect explored by this psychology degree course.

The introduction to health psychology requires you to undertake several assessments.  These form part of your bachelor degree in psychology and the psychology degree course module also means taking a final assessment.