Psychology 2036B-001
The Psychology of Physical Health and Illness
If there is a discrepancy between the outline posted below and the outline posted on the OWL course website, the latter shall prevail.
1.0 CALENDAR DESCRIPTION
This course will cover the role of psychological factors in the prevention of illness and the maintenance of good health, and treatment of already-existing illness. Topics will include the stress/illness relationship, psychological influences on physical symptom perception and reporting, personality and health, behavioral factors in disease, coping, adherence and compliance.
Antirequisites: Psychology 2330A/B, Psychology 3330F/G.
Antirequisites are courses that overlap sufficiently in content that only one can be taken for credit. So if you take a course that is an antirequisite to a course previously taken, you will lose credit for the earlier course, regardless of the grade achieved in the most recent course.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
2.0 COURSE INFORMATION
Instructor: Yves Bureau
Office and Phone Number: St. Joseph's Hospital, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario, N6A 4V2. Tel.519 646-6100 ext. 65739
Office Hours: By appointment.
Email: ybureau@uwo.ca
Teaching Assistants: TBA
Office: TBA
Office Hours: TBA
Email: TBA
Time and Location of Classes: 7:00-10:00pm in SSC-2050, on Monday evenings.
Students who are in emotional/mental distress should refer to Mental Health@Western
http://www.uwo.ca/uwocom/mentalhealth/ for a complete list of options about how to obtain help.
Please contact the course instructor if you require material in an alternate format or if you require any other arrangements to make this course more accessible to you. You may also wish to contact Student Accessibility Services (formerly known as Services for Students with Disabilities) at 519-661-2147.
3.0 TEXTBOOK
Title: The Psychology of Health and Health Care: A Canadian Perspective
Edition: 5th
Publisher: Pearson
Year: 2016
4.0 COURSE OBJECTIVES
4.1 STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
We will examine biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors involved in health behaviour, susceptibility to illness, reactions to being ill, and the individual’s involvement with the healthcare system. Health and illness issues from all over the globe will be highlighted. The aim is to increase your understanding of health problems, their prevention, and their treatment.
5.0 EVALUATION
Three multiple-choice tests, worth 33%, 33%, and 34% of the course grade.
There will be three tests, semi-cumulative in content. In order to be successful on all tests, it will be necessary to use knowledge acquired from chapters covered earlier in the course. These tests deal with material covered in the textbook and in the OWL Sakai lesson notes. There will be approximately 100 questions on each test, with each test being two hours long. The final exam may have more than 100 questions. Questions will come from the OWL Sakai lesson notes, and the textbook readings. The notes may have information not covered in the textbook but will otherwise follow it closely. No aids are allowed during the test. Bring your Western student card and a No. 2/HB pencil to the test. According to university policy, the Academic Counsellor--not the course instructor--processes all cases of missing a test. If you miss a test, you are required to contact your Academic Counsellor in a timely fashion and be prepared to submit to them the necessary supporting documentation (see Section 9.0 of this course outline). Have your Academic Counsellor inform me in writing (e.g., e-mail) about the outcome of his or her discussion with you.
Although the Psychology Department does not require instructors to adjust their course grades to conform to specific targets, the expectation is that course marks will be distributed around the following averages:
70% 1000-level and 2000-level courses
72% 2190-2990 level courses
75% 3000-level courses
80% 4000-level courses
The Psychology Department follows Western's grading guidelines, which are as follows (see http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/general/grades_undergrad.pdf):
A+ 90-100 One could scarcely expect better from a student at this level
A 80-89 Superior work that is clearly above average
B 70-79 Good work, meeting all requirements, and eminently satisfactory
C 60-69 Competent work, meeting requirements
D 50-59 Fair work, minimally acceptable
F below 50 Fail
6.0 ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION SCHEDULE
Midterm Test #1: February 3, 2020 (worth 33% of course grade): This test is on chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and corresponding OWL Sakai notes. Location to be announced (TBA).
Midterm Test #2: March 9, 2020 (worth 33% of course grade): This test is primarily on chapters 5, 6, 7 and corresponding OWL Sakai notes. Location TBA.
Final Exam (worth 34% of course grade): during the April final exam period. This test is primarily on chapters 8, 9, 10, 11 and corresponding OWL Sakai notes. As a reminder, do not make plans for travel during the final exam period until you know when your final exams will be.
7.0 CLASS SCHEDULE (The instructor reserves the right to alter the schedule. A forewarning will be provided.)
January 6 Chapter 1: An introduction: “What is health psychology”
January 13 Chapter 2: Stress and coping. “The physiology of stress”
January 20 Chapter 3: Psychoneuroimmunology “The importance of PNI to
Health Psychology”
January 27 Chapter 4: Health communication. “Physician-Patient Interaction”
February 3 Midterm 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4) (worth 30%)
February 10 Chapter 5: Health and physical activity. “Physical Activity and the
Five components of health.”
February 17 Reading week. No readings.
February 24 Chapter 6: Health-Compromising Behaviours.
March 2 Chapter 7: Chronic and life threatening illness.
March 9 Midterm 2 (chapters 5, 6, 7) (Worth 30%)
March 16 Chapter 8: Pain “Perception and theories of pain”
March 23 Chapter 9: The world of Health Care: Places, Procedures, and People.
March 30 Chapter 10: From one to Many: Health on a Large Scale, and
Chapter 11: Health Promotion
All efforts will be made to cover both chapters. The student may be responsible for covering chapter 11. Sakai notes will be available.
FINAL EXAM PERIOD (April 6-26): FINAL EXAM (worth 40%) on primarily Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, potential additional topics and corresponding OWL Sakai notes. As a reminder, do not make plans for travel during the final exam period until you know when your make-up final exams will be.
8.0 STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC OFFENCES
Students are responsible for understanding the nature and avoiding the occurrence of plagiarism and other scholastic offenses. Plagiarism and cheating are considered very serious offenses because they undermine the integrity of research and education. Actions constituting a scholastic offense are described at the following link: http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/scholastic_discipline_undergrad.pdf
As of Sept. 1, 2009, the Department of Psychology will take the following steps to detect scholastic offenses. All multiple-choice tests and exams will be checked for similarities in the pattern of responses using reliable software, and records will be made of student seating locations in all tests and exams. All written assignments will be submitted to TurnItIn, a service designed to detect and deter plagiarism by comparing written material to over 5 billion pages of content located on the Internet or in TurnItIn’s databases. All papers submitted for such checking will be included as source documents in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the system. Use of the service is subject to the licensing agreement, currently between Western and Turnitin.com http://www.turnitin.com
Possible penalties for a scholastic offense include failure of the assignment, failure of the course, suspension from the University, and expulsion from the University.
9.0 POLICY ON ACCOMMODATION FOR MEDICAL ILLNESS
Western’s policy on Accommodation for Medical Illness can be found at:
http://www.westerncalendar.uwo.ca/PolicyPages.cfm?PolicyCategoryID=1&Command=showCategory&SelectedCalendar=Live&ArchiveID=#Page_12
The full policy for consideration for absences can be accessed at: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/Academic_Consideration_for_absences.pdf
Students must see the Academic Counsellor and submit all required documentation in order to be approved for certain accommodation:
http://counselling.ssc.uwo.ca/procedures/medical_accommodation.html
If you experience an extenuating circumstance (e.g., illness, injury) sufficiently significant to temporarily make you unable to meet academic requirements, you may request accommodation through the following routes:
- Submitting a Self-Reported Absence form (for circumstances that are expected to resolve within 48 hours);
- For medical absences, submitting a Student Medical Certificate (SMC) signed by a licensed medical or mental health practitioner in order to be eligible for Academic Consideration;
For non-medical absences, submitting appropriate documentation (e.g., obituary, police report, accident report, court order, etc.) to Academic Counselling in their Faculty of registration in order to be eligible for academic consideration. Students are encouraged to contact their Academic Counselling unit to clarify what documentation is appropriate.
Students must see the Academic Counsellor and submit all required documentation in order to be approved for certain accommodation. The self-reported absence form may NOT be used for absences longer than 48 hours; coursework/tests/exams/etc., worth more than 30% of the final grade; or exams scheduled in the December or April final-exam periods: http://counselling.ssc.uwo.ca/procedures/medical_accommodation.html
Students seeking academic consideration:
- are advised to consider carefully the implications of postponing tests or midterm exams or delaying handing in work;
- are encouraged to make appropriate decisions based on their specific circumstances, recognizing that minor ailments (upset stomach) or upsets (argument with a friend) are not normally an appropriate basis for a self-reported absence;
must communicate with their instructors no later than 24 hours after the end of the period covered by either the self-reported absence or SMC, or immediately upon their return following a documented absence
10.0 OTHER INFORMATION
Office of the Registrar web site: http://registrar.uwo.ca
Student Development Services web site: http://www.sdc.uwo.ca
Please see the Psychology Undergraduate web site for information on the following:
http://psychology.uwo.ca/undergraduate/student_responsibilities/index.html
- Policy on Cheating and Academic Misconduct
- Procedures for Appealing Academic Evaluations
- Policy on Attendance
- Policy Regarding Makeup Exams and Extensions of Deadlines
- Policy for Assignments
- Short Absences
- Extended Absences
- Documentation
- Academic Concerns
- 2019-2020 Calendar References
No electronic devices, including cell phones and smart watches, will be allowed during exams.
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