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These questions are designed to prompt deeper thinking about the ideas and themes presented in this chapter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nHow have ideas about the causes of illness changed over time, and why does this matter in health psychology?<\/li>\n\n\n\n In what ways might Western medicine’s focus on science and individual treatment overlook the cultural and community-based approaches to health found in Indigenous healthcare practices?<\/li>\n\n\n\n What should health psychologist do to ensure that their care respects beliefs about health across different cultures?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li> \n\nChapter 2 – Flashcards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Mind-body link<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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An individual’s thoughts and emotions can affect their physical health and physical health can affect thoughts and emotions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Humoral theory<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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An early explanation that imbalances of bodily humours (blood, phlegm black bile and yellow bile) caused disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Cartesian Dualism<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Based on the views of Descartes that the mind and the body were separate, people’s thoughts and emotions could not affect physical health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Life expectancy<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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An approximation of the age that an individual is expected to live to based on their biological sex and age.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Health literacy<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Having the skills, knowledge and ability to fin, understand and use health information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Morbidity<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Having a disease or being ill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Passve smoking<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Inhaling others’ exhaled smoke from tobacco or the side-stream smoking of the tobacco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Ethnocentric view<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Tendency to think and interpret other cultures and healthcare practices as inferior to your own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Spirit world<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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The belief that everything has a spirit, ancestors, the land, animals and that they are all connected to the individual.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Intergenerational trauma<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Trauma and pain that is passed down from previous generations, e.g. colonisation. The trauma that affects those who did not experience the original event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Health disparities<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Differences in health outcomes between groups of people, caused by a range of different factors e.g. poverty, educational level, discrimination and colonisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Culturally appropriated<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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where the historically dominant culture takes over elements of a colonised culture, without understanding, respect or permission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Health inequities<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Unfair or unavoidable health differences that are caused by a range of factors e.g. poverty, educational level, culture, ethnicity, colonisation, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Cultural awareness<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Learning general facts about the lives, behaviours and beliefs of cultural groups that are different to your own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Cultural competence<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Knowledge of the impact that social and cultural factors can have on people from the non-dominant culture and the importance of treating people with fairly and with respect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n
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Cultural safety<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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The ability to recognise and reflect on power imbalances to ensure that people are safe from discriminatory actions, attitudes and judgements<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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