LRC
Health Psychology Journals including: British Journal of Health Psychology; Health Psychology; Psychology and Health; Psychology, Health and Medicine.

Summative assessment
An essay of no more than 3,000 words to evaluate critically an area of health psychology, contributing 100% of the overall module mark, which will assess outcomes 1 - 4

Formative learning
Peer and tutor feedback on student presentations of critical evaluation

This module explores the psychological correlates of health and illness within a social context. Topics covered include the development of health psychology as a discipline, prediction of health-related behaviours, psychophysiological mechanisms of health and illness, methods in health psychology research, the experience of treatment, quality of life issues, the psychosocial impact of chronic disease and professional issues within health psychology. Students are expected to engage with these topic areas through the evaluation of current health psychology research.

Key concepts and theories and will be delivered through tutor-led lectures.
The application of key concepts and theories will be explored through the use of videos, demonstrations of test materials, discussions and student presentations.
Independent learning, which will consist of tutor-guided reading, essay preparation, exam preparation and group presentation preparation.

Be registered on any Psychology Award

Conner, M. and Norman, P. (2004). Predicting Health Behaviour. Open University Press
Taylor, S. (2003) Health Psychology: Fifth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill.
Ogden,J. (2007) Health Psychology: A textbook (4th edn) Open University Press.
Sarafino, E.P. (2007) Health Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions (5th Edn). New York: Wiley.