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LaunchPad Solo for Health Psychology Tool Kit
First Edition| ©2014 Richard O. Straub
Features
Video Activities
In these activities, created by Rick Straub, students view videos of people dealing with health psychology issues and how those issues are being studied and treated. Videos are followed by a series of assessment questions. Activities include:
- Stress Management—cardiologist Herbert Benson shows host Alan Alda how to evoke the mind’s “relaxation response” as a way of countering stress.
- Hunger and Eating—this video examines the regulation of hunger and eating behavior, focusing on the work of noted researchers Kelly Brownell and Marlene Schwartz of Yale University
Interactive Flashcards
This resource helps students solidify their knowledge of key terms in health psychology.
Critical Thinking Exercises
Each exercise draws on one of six categories of critical thinking: scientific problem solving, psychological reasoning, perspective taking, pattern recognition, creative problem solving, and practical problem solving.
Check Your Health Assessments
These assessments give students the opportunity to examine their own health beliefs and behaviors.
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LaunchPad Solo for Health Psychology Tool Kit
First Edition| ©2014
Richard O. Straub
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LaunchPad Solo for Health Psychology Tool Kit
First Edition| 2014
Richard O. Straub
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Authors
Richard O. Straub
Richard O. Straub is professor emeritus of psychology and founding director of the graduate program in health psychology at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. After receiving his PhD in experimental psychology from Columbia University and serving as a National Institute of Mental Health fellow at the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Straub joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1979. Since then, he has focused on research in health psychology, especially mind–body issues in stress, cardiovascular reactivity, and the effects of exercise on physical and psychological health. His research has been published in such journals as Health Psychology, the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. A recipient of the University of Michigan’s Distinguished Teaching award and the Alumni Society’s Faculty Member of the Year award, Dr. Straub is extensively involved in undergraduate and graduate medical education. His professional devotion to health psychology dovetails with his personal devotion to fitness and good health. Dr. Straub has completed hundreds of road races and marathons (including multiple Boston Marathons, Ironman Triathlons, and the IRONMAN Hawaii and half-IRONMAN World Championship races).
LaunchPad Solo for Health Psychology Tool Kit
First Edition| 2014
Richard O. Straub
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