What Is the Field of Psychology That Is Devoted to Understanding

question 197

Multiple Choice

What is the field of psychology that is devoted to understanding psychological influences on how people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when they do become ill?

• A) general psychology
• B) forensic psychology
• C) health psychology
• D) human factors psychology

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Definitions:

Conscious Experience

The subjective awareness of one's thoughts, feelings, and surroundings.

Working Memory

A cognitive system that holds information temporarily available for processing and manipulation; crucial for reasoning and guidance of decision-making and behavior.

Short-Term Memory

Short-term memory is a cognitive system with a limited capacity that is responsible for temporarily holding information available for processing.

Baddeley and Hitch

Psychologists who proposed the model of working memory, explaining how the brain processes and stores short-term information.