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

Be registered on any Psychology Award

Conner, M. & Norman, P. (2015). Predicting and Changing Health Behaviour: Research and Practice with Social Cognition Models. Open University Press
Ogden,J. (2012) Health Psychology: A textbook (5th edn) Open University Press.
Sarafino, E.P. (2015) Health Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions (8th Edn). New York: Wiley.
Taylor, S.(2017) Health Psychology: (10th edn). New York: McGraw Hill.

An essay of no more than 2500 words to evaluate critically an area of health psychology, contributing 100% of the overall module mark, which will assess LO's 1 - 4

Formative Assessment/Feedback:
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, models of health psychology, 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.

Scheduled Teaching and Learning Activities: 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. There will also be the opportunity to attend module / assessment support sessions to gain formative feedback on assessment ideas/plans (2 hours) Guided Independent Study: (126) 60 hours tutor-guided reading 40 hours essay preparation 26 hours group presentation preparation.

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, models of health psychology, 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. You are expected to engage with these topic areas through the evaluation of current health psychology research.