PS15501: Health Psychology, 4 Credits Fall, 2013

PS15501: Health Psychology, 4 Credits Fall, 2013

Instructor: Raymond B. Flannery, Jr., PH.D. email: [email protected] Office: McGuinn 100 Office Hours: Thursdays, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Telephone: 617-552-3900 Schedule (class times and day(s): Thursdays, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Room: Stokes 117S Boston College Mission Statement Strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, Boston College commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the pursuit of a just society through its own accomplishments, the work of its faculty and staff, and the achievements of its graduates. It seeks both to advance its place among the nation's finest universities and to bring to the company of its distinguished peers and to contemporary society the richness of the Catholic intellectual ideal of a mutually illuminating relationship between religious faith and free intellectual inquiry. Boston College draws inspiration for its academic societal mission from its distinctive religious tradition. As a Catholic and Jesuit university, it is rooted in a world view that encounters God in all creation and through all human activity, especially in the search for truth in every discipline, in the desire to learn, and in the call to live justly together. In this spirit, the University regards the contribution of different religious traditions and value systems as essential to the fullness of its intellectual life and to the continuous development of its distinctive intellectual heritage.

Course Description PS 15501 Health Psychology Today’s age is one of intense stress. Health psychology acknowledges the mutual influence of the mind and body in the environmental context. Evidence suggests that rapid technological and social change may compromise physical and mental health. This course explores the nature of these stressors and the range of psychological means available to cope with them. Special areas of inquiry include stress arising from work, family, mobility, leisure, and cultural lifestyles. Emphasis is on self-assessment and informed choice of improving the quality of one’s life.

Course Objectives Each student will: 1. Learn to analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments and points of view. * To do this, you will be reading and critiquing the class texts assigned outside readings, and participating in class discussions 1

2. Learn how to find and use resources. *To do this, you will use 5 scholarly books and any articles of your choice for your research proposal. 3. Develop skills in expressing yourself in writing. *To do this, you will write a 5 page paper on some specific aspect of health psychology. The sixth page is where you list the references that were used in your paper. The course text may not be used as a reference to this paper. 4. The student will demonstrate knowledge and competency, as appropriate for the course, across cultural settings and will learn the impact of culture, gender, and age in health psychology as demonstrated by an awareness of cultural differences in types and causes of health practices. 5. The student will demonstrate ethical knowledge and competency, as appropriate for the course pertaining to health psychology as demonstrated by an awareness of differing health practices of differing countries and ethnic groups. Grading Exams Exams will cover all assigned materials in the text, the contents of class notes, any extra readings the student may wish to include, and material from the weekly class discussions. Exams will also include the definitions of key concepts and the names of scholars who have made significant contributions to the study of violence. Definitions will include concepts from both assigned texts and class lectures. A sample of some (but not all) key concepts has been included below to help you get started with the course materials. Term Paper Each student is responsible for reading at least five books on some specific aspect of health psychology and for submitting a five (5) page paper on that topic. (The sixth page is to list the five references that were used.) The course texts may not be used. The term paper is to be typed, double-spaced, in 12 CPI, with 1 inch margins on all 4 sides of each page. Proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar are expected and grades will be substantially lowered for poor composition. Pages are to be numbered. Papers that do not follow these requirements or that exceed five pages of text and one page of references will be substantially penalized by lower grades. Papers handed in late will be penalized one full grade for each week past the deadline. Hard copies only.

References are to be in American Psychological Association format. Some examples: Flannery, R.B., Jr. (2012) Preventing youth violence. A guide for parents, teachers, and counselors. New York, NY: American Mental Health Foundation Flannery, R.B., Jr. (2019) Crisis intervention services and empirical data: Lessons learned from the Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP). International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 10, 271-274.

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General Expectations No student shall pass this course who has not completed all four course assignments. There are no exceptions to the deadlines, and I reserve the right to assign lower grades to assignments and exams which are handed in late. Term papers and out-of-class summary papers that are handed in late lose one full grade for each week that the paper is late. Students are expected to attend class weekly and to actively participate in class discussion. 25% of the final grade is left to the instructor's discretion and is based on overall class performance. No student shall receive an "A" grade for this course who has not been an active class participant as judged by the instructor. The overall class performance grade includes expected class participation and the 4th hour extra credit paper. However, it also includes the professor’s assessment of the student’s overall performance, level of motivation, the quality of comments contributed in class, what knowledge the student has mastered and weekly on-time class attendance. While speaking in class is expected, it does not mean that speaking in class constitutes full credit for the overall class performance grade. Students are expected to have a class "buddy" whom the students will contact for course information and class assignments in the event of absence from, or lateness to, class. As a courtesy to our colleagues, beepers, cell phones, and other electronic devices are to be placed in vibration mode or turned off during class. Laptops are permitted in class for course-related use only. FaceBook, Twitter and other social media sites are not permitted during class time. Students accessing social media websites in class will not be permitted to bring laptops to any subsequent classes.

WCAS Grading System The undergraduate grading system consists of twelve categories: A (4.00), A- (3.67), excellent; B+ (3.33), B (3.00), B- (2.67), good; C+ (2.33), C (2.00), C- (l.67), satisfactory; D+ (l.33), D (l.00), D- (.67), passing but unsatisfactory; F (.00), failure; I (.00), incomplete; F (.00), course dropped without notifying office; W (.00), official withdrawal from course. The graduate grading system is A (4.00), A- (3.67), Excellent; B+ (3.33), B (3.00), good; B- (2.67), C (2.00), passing but not for degree credit; F (.00), failure. Grade Reports. All students are required to log into the web through Agora to access their semester grades. Students must utilize their BC username and password to log on. If your username or password is not known, the Student Learning and Support Center in the O’Neill Library Computer Center will issue a new one. The SLSC requires a valid picture ID (a BC ID, driver’s license or passport) to obtain your password.

Text(s)/Readings (Required) Required Readings: Flannery, R. B., Jr. Becoming Stress-Resistant Trough the Project SMART Program. New York, NY: American Mental Health Foundation, 2012

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Flannery, R.B., Jr.

Post-Traumatic stress Disorder: The Victim’s Guide to Healing and Recovery. New York: American Mental Health Foundation, 2012. Part 1/Pages 3-83.

Flannery, R. B., Jr. PowerPoint Course Outline (Distributed by email)

Text(s)/Readings (Recommended) Suggested Readings: The following books and articles are recommended for students who wish to examine more thoroughly the issues raised in each weekly lecture. While not required reading, the material in these books and articles would be helpful in answering class and exam questions in greater depth. Asterisks indicate paperbacks.

LECTURE 1 Bremner, J.D., Does Stress Damage the Brain? Understanding Trauma-Related Disorders From a Mind-Body Perspective. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004 Buckholz T. Rush: Why you need and Love the Rat Race. New York, N.Y.: Hudson street Press, 2011. *Cannon, W., The Wisdom of the Body. New York: Norton, 1966 Dohrenwend, B., and Dohrenwend, B., (editors) Stressful Life Events: Their Nature and Effects. New York: Wiley, 1974 Everly, G.S. & Lating, J.M., A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response. Second Edition. New York: Plenum Publishers, 2002 Giddens, A., Runaway World: How Globalization is Reshaping Our Lives. New York: Routledge, 2000 Lazarus, R.S. and Folkman, S., Stress, Appraisal and coping. New York: Springer, 1984 *NIMH, Biological Rhythm in Psychiatry and Medicine. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970. (Public Health Service Publication, #2088.) *Selye, H., The Stress of Life. New York: McGraw Hill, 1956 Siegel, D., The Developing Mind: Toward a Neurobiology of Interpersonal Experience. New York: Guilford, 1999 Verney, T. (with Kelly, J.), The Secret Life of the Unborn Child. New York: Summit Books, 1981 Whatmore, G. and Kohli, D., "Dysponesia: A neurophysiologic factor in functional disorders." Behavioral Science, 1968, 13, 102-124 LECTURE 2 Bailyn, B. The Peopling of British North America: An Introduction. New York: Knopf, 1986 *Barnett, R. and Meuller, R., Global Reach: The Power of Multinational Corporations. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974 Bell, D., The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism. New York: Basic Books, 1976 4

Bremmer, I., The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?. New York: Penguin, 2010 Caircross, F., The Death of Distance: How the Communications Revolution Will Change Our Lives. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1997. Derber, C., The Pursuit of Attention: Power and Ego in Everyday Life. London: Oxford University Press, 2000. 2nd Edition Ehrenreich, B., Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2005 / Holt 2006 Easton, S., Shostak, M., Konner, M. The Paleolithic Prescription: A Program of Diet and Exercise, and a Design for Living. New York: Harper and Row, 1988 Finkelston, E. and Zuckeman, L. The Fattening of America: How the Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What To Do about It. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons, 2008 Ghemawat, P., World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It. Boston: Harvard Business School Books, 2011 Harrington, M., The New American Poverty. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984 Huffington, A., Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America. New York: Crown, 2003 Kampfner, J. Freedom for Sale: Why the World Is Trading Democracy for Security. New York: Basic Books, 2010 Lapham, L.H., Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on Our Civil Religion. New York: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988 Lechtenstein, N. Wal-Mart: The Face of Twenty First Century Capitalism. New York, NY: The Free Press, 2006 Mitchell,S. Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2006 Pooler, J. Why We Shop: Emotional Rewards and Retail Strategies. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003 Sagan, L.N., The Health of Nations: True Causes of Sickness and Well-Being. New York: Basic Books, 1987 Underhill, P., Call of the Mall. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004 Vernon, R., Storm Over the Multinationals: The Real Issues. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977 Wachtel, P., The Poverty of Affluence. New York: Free Press, 1983 Weber, M., The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Trans. by T. Parsons, New York: Scribner's Sons, 1958 Skiller, R. J., Irrational Exuberance, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000 Uchitelle, L. The Disposable American: Layoffs and their Consequences. New York: Knopf, 2006. Weiner, E., The Shadow Market: How a Group of Wealthy Nations and Powerful Investors Secretly Dominate the World. New York: Scribner, 2010 LECTURE 3 Arden, J.B. America’s Meltdown: The Lowest Common Denominator Society. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003

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Davis, J., Endorphins: New Waves in Brain Chemistry. Garden City, NY: Dial Press, 1984. Elder, G., Children of the Great Depression: Social Change in Life Experience. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974. Flannery, R. B., Jr. & Bowen, M.A. “Religious values as a moderator variable of life stress”. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1990. 3, 593-611. *Lynch, J.J., The Broken Heart: The Medical Consequences of Loneliness. New York: Basic Books, 1977. Lynch, J.J., The Language of the Heart: The Body's Response to Human Dialogue. New York: Basic Books, 1985. Lynch, J.J., A Cry Unheard: New Insights into the Medical Consequences of Loneliness. Baltimore: Bancroft Press, 2000. *Maslow, A., Toward a Psychology of Being. Princeton: Van Nostrand 1962. Pincott, J. Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? Bodies, Behavior, and Brain. The Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction. New York, NY: Delta, 2008. Rahe, R., and Arthur, R. "Life Change and Illness Studies: Past History and Future Future Directions" Journal of Human Stress, 1978, 4, 3-15 Reisman, D., The Lonely Crowd. New Haven: Yale, 1950 Scitovsky, T., The Joyless Economy. London: Oxford, 1976 Stone, G., The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick. New York: Workman Books, 2010 Vaillant, G. and Mukarral K., Successful Aging. American Journal of Psychiatry 2001; 158: 839-847.

LECTURE 4 Barash, S. Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth about Women and Rivalry. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2006. Barash, S. and Lipton, J. E., The Myth of Monogamy. Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People. New York: Freeman, 2001. *Bennis, W., and Slater, P., The Temporary Society. New York: Harper and Row, 1968 Burkett, E. The Baby Boom: How Family-Friendly America Cheats the Childless. New York: The Free Press, 2000. Jones, L., Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation. New York: Coward and Geoghegan, 1980 Kindlon, D., Too Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age. New York, NY: Hyperion, 2003 Linn, S., Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood. New York, NY: The Free Press, 2005 McPherson, M., The Power Lovers. New York: Putnam, 1975 Novak, W., The Great American Male Shortage and Other Roadblocks to Romance. New York: 1983 *Packard, V., The Status Seekers. New York: McKay, 1961 *Packard, V., The Pyramid Climbers. New York: McKay, 1962 *Saeger, C., and Hunt, B. Intimate Partners. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979 6

Stacey, J. In the Name of the Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996. LECTURE 5 Basso, P., Modern Times, Ancient Hours: Working Lives in the Twenty-First Century. London, U.K: Verso, 2003 Ciulla, J.B., The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work. New York: Times Books, 2000. Cooper, C., and Payne, R., Stress at Work. New York: Wiley, 1978 Deal, T.E., and Kennedy, A.A., Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2005. Evans, P., and Bartolome, Must Success Cost So Much? New York: Basic Books, 1981 Feldhahn, S., The Male Factor: The Unwritten Rules, Misperceptions, and Secret Beliefs of Men in the Workplace. New York: Broadway Books, 2009 Flannery, R.B., Jr., Violence in the Workplace. New York: American Mental Health Foundation, 2012. Gondek, J. Landlords of the World: Justice and Prosperity vs. Injustice and Poverty. New York: Vantage Press, 1997. *Heller, J., Something Happened. New York: Ballentine, 1974 Hennig, M., and Jardin, A., The Managerial Woman. Garden City: Anchor/Doubleday, 1977 King, S. LOsing Control. The Emerging Threats to Western Prosperity. New Haven, CT. Yale Univ. Press, 2010. Lehrman, K., The Lipstick Proviso: Women, Sex and Power in the Real World. New York: Anchor, 1997 *Levinson, H., The Great Jackass Fallacy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard, 1973; and *Executive Stress. New York: Signet, 1975 Maccoby, M., The Gamesman. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976 McCann, T., An American Company. New York: Crown Press, 1977 Shulman, B., The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans. New York, 2003 Solman, P. and Friedman, T., Life and Death on the Corporate Battlefield. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982 Terkel, S., Working. New York: Pantheon, 1979 Wolman, W., and Colamosca, A. The Judas Economy: The Triumph of Capitalism and the Betrayal of Work. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1997 LECTURE 6 *deGrazia, S., Of Time Work and Leisure. New York: Anchor, 1964 Farrey, T. Game On: The All- American Race to Make Champions of Our Children. New York, NY: Knopf, 2008 *Griefe, B., and Munter, P., Tradeoffs. New York: New American Library, 1980 Hochschild, A.R. with Machung, A., The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work. New York: Metropolitan Books, 1997 7

Hochschild, A.R. with Machung, A. The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home. New York: Viking, 1989 Kay, J.H., Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back. New York: Crown, 1997 Kilbourne, J., Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Powers of Advertising. New York: The Free Press, 1999 *Levinson, D., The Seasons of a Man's Life. New York: Knopf, 1978 *Linder, S., The Harried Leisure Class. New York: Columbia University, 1970 *Packard, V., A Nation of Strangers. New York: Fawcett, 1974 *Sheehy, G., Passages. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1976 *Toffler, A., Future Shock. New York: Avon, 1974 Vaillant, G., Adaptation to Life. Boston: Little, Brown, 1977 LECTURE 7 - Mid-Term Examination

LECTURE 8 Brenner, H.M., Economy and Mental Health. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1973 Engel, G., "Emotional Stress and Sudden Death", Psychology Today, November, 1977, 114-118 Friedman, M., and Rosenman, R., Type A Behavior and Your Heart. New York: Knopf, 1974. Gershon, M. The Second Brain: The Scientific Basis of Guts, Instinct, and a Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorder of the Stomach and Intestine. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1998. Lasch, C., The Culture of Narcissism. New York: Norton, 1978 Lindsy, A.S., and Strauss, M.A., Social Stress in the United States: Links to Regional Patterns in Crime and Illness. Dover, MA: Auburn House, 1986. Slote, A., Termination: The Closing of Baker Plant. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, 1969 Totman, R., The Social Causes of Illness. New York: Pantheon, 1979 *Woititz, J., Adult Children of Alcoholics. Hollywood, FL: Health Communications, 1983 LECTURE 9 Beck, A., Cognitive Therapy and Emotional Disorders. New York: New American Library, 1976 Belloc, N., "The Relationship of Health Practices and Mortality," Preventive Medicine, 1973, 2, 67-81 *Benson, H., The Relaxation Response. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982 Boardroom, Inc., The Best Revenge: Living Twice as Well on the Same Income. New York: Boardroom, Inc., 2000 Brody, J., Jane Brody's Nutrition Book. New York: Norton, 1981 Campbell, T. & Campbell, T, Jr., The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of 8

Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health. Dallas, TX: Ben Bella Books, 2006. Campbell, T., & Jacobson, H. Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition. Dallas, TX: Ben Bella Books, 2013. Carr, N. The shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. New York, NY: Norton, 2010. Dauber, T., The Framingham Heart Study: The Epidemiology of Atherosclerotic Disease. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980 *Erhet, C., and Scanlon, L., Overcoming Jet Lag. New York: Berkeley Books, 1989 *Farquhar, J., The American Way of Life Need Not Be Hazardous to Your Life. New York: Norton, 1978 Flannery, R. B., Jr., The Adult Children of alcoholics: Are they victims of psychological trauma with learned helplessness? Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 1986, 1, 497-504 *Fromm, E., Escape from Freedom. New York: Avon, 1965 Forgione, A. (with F. Baurer), Fearless Flying. Boston: Houghton/Mifflin, 1995 Kessler MD, D., The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. New York: Rodale, 2009 *May, R., Power and Innocence. New York: Delta, 1976 Moore-Ede, M., The Twenty-Four Hour Society: Understanding Human Limits in a World thatNever Stops. Reading, MA: Addidon Wesley, 1993 Randolph, T., An Alternative Approach to Allergies. New York: Lippincott and Crowell, 1980 Schlosser, E., Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Boston: Hougton-Mifflin, 2001 Shor, J.B., Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture. New York: Scribner, 2004 Stein, B., Financial Passages. New York: Doubleday, 1985 LECTURE 10 Boostin, D., The Image. New York: Atheneum, 1962 Coontz, S., The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America’s Changing Families. New York: Basic Books, 1997. Davis, M., The Sex-Starved Marriage: A Couple’s Guide to Boosting the Marriage Libido.New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2003. Dracut, T., Strapped: Why America’s 20- and 30- Somethings Can’t Get Ahead. New York, NY: Doubleday, 2005. Edessas, M., The Big Investment Lie: What your Financial Advisor Doesn’t Want You to Know. San Francisco, CA: Barrett- Koehler, 2007. Engel, L., and Wycoff, P., How to Buy Stocks. Boston: Little Brown, 1976. Fabe, M., and Wikler, N., Up Against the Clock. New York: Random House, 1979 Galanoy, T., Charge It: Inside the Credit Card Conspiracy. New York: Putnam, 1980 Garfield, N. The American Dream VS. The Gospel of Wealth: the Fight for a Productive Middle-Class Economy. New Havens, CT: Yale University Press, 2006

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Jackson, M., What’s Happening at Home? Balancing Work, Life, and Refuge in the Information Age. Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Book, 2002 *Lasser, J., Your Income Tax. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007 Mandell, M. The High-Risk Society: Peril and Promise in the New Economy. New York Times Business, 1996 Porter, S., The Money Book. New York: Random House, 1974 Stanley, T.J. and Danko, W.D. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secret of America’s Wealth. Atlantic: Longsheet Press, 1996 Topolnicki, D., How to Raise a Family on Less than Two Incomes: The Complete Guide to ManagingYour Money so that You Can Spend More Time with your Kids. New York: Broadway, 2001. *Watkins, A., Building or Buying the High-Quality House at the Lowest Cost. New York: Dolphin, 1962 Warren, E. and Tyagi, A.W., The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke. New York: Basic Books, Yeager, J., The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means. New York: Broadway Books, 2010

LECTURE 11 *Caldwell, T., Dear and Glorious Physician. New York: Bantam, 1965 De Waal, F., The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society. New York, Harmony Books, 2009 Fein, E. and Schneider, S. The Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right. New York: Metropolitan Books, 1997 Hardy, S.B., The Woman That Never Evolved. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. *Key, W., Subliminal Seduction. New York: Signet, 1973 Lederer, W., and Jackson, D., The Mirages of Marriage. New York: Norton, 1968 Lewis, C. S., The Four Loves. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1960 McGinnis, T., More Than Just a Friend. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1981 * Millis, L.G., Insult to Injury: Rethinking Our Response to Intimate Abuse. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2003 Packard, V., The Hidden Persuaders. New York: McKay, 1957 Sax, L., Girls on the Edge: The Four Factors Driving the New Crisis for Girls-Sexual Identity, the Cyberbubble, Obsessions, Environmental Toxins. New York: Basic Books, 2010 Schor, J.B. The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure. New York: Basic Books, 1991 Schickel, R., Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1985 *Steinbeck, J., East of Eden. New York: Bantam, 1952 Tavris, C., Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. Updike, J., Couples. New York: Knopf, 1968 Waite, L.J., Gallagher, M., The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, 10

Healthier, And Better off Financially. New York: Doubleday, 2000 Wallerstein, J.S., and Lewis, J.M., The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 Year Landmark Study. New York: Hyperion, 2000 LECTURE 12 Cherniss, C., Staff Burnout. Beverly Hills: Sage, 1980 Gabrano, J., and Kotter, J., "Managing Your Boss", Harvard Business Review, 1980, January/February Harragan, B., Games Mother Never Taught You. New York: Rawson, 1977 *Hersey, P., and Blanchard, K., Management of Organizational Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1977 Iacocca, L. with Whitney, C. Where Have All the Leaders Gone? New York, NY: Scnifer, 2007 Karass, C.L., The Negotiating Game. New York: Cromell, 1970 Peters, T., and Waterman, R., In Search of Excellence: Lessons from Corporate America's Best Run Companies. New York: Harper and Row, 1982 Schor, J.B. The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting and the New Consumer. New York: Basic Books, 1998 Stine, G.H., The Corporate Survivors. New York: American Management Association, 1986. Waterman, R.H., The Renewal Factor: How the Best Get and Keep the Competitive Edge. New York: Bantam, 1987 LECTURE 13 Antonovsky, A., Health, Stress and Coping. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1979 Antonovsky, A., Unraveling the Mystery of Health: How People Manage Stress and Stay Well. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1986. Cohen, S., and Syme, S.L. (eds.) Social Support and Health. New York Academic Press, 1985. Cousins, N., The Anatomy of an Illness. New York: Norton, 1979 *de Chardin, T., The Phenomenon of Man. New York: Harper-Row, 1959 Delbanco, A., The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. Durant, W., and Durant, A., The Lessons of History. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968 Fromm, E., Escape from Freedom. New York: Aron, 1941. Groopman, J., The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness. New York: Basic Books, 1996 Heffernan, M., Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril. New York: Walker Publishing, 2011 Hewlett, S.A. When the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Neglecting Our Children. New York: Basic Books, 1996. Layard, R., Happiness: Lessons from A New Science. New York: Penguin Press, 2005 Leiss, W., The Limits to Satisfaction: An Essay on the Problems of Needs and 11

Commodities. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976. Mayer, S.E. What Money Can’t Buy: Family, Income and Children’s Life Changes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. Parnia, S. Erasing Death. The Science That is Rewriting the BOundaries Between Life and Death. New York, NY : Harper Collins, 2013. Peck, M., The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978 Pillmen, K. 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans. New York, NY : Hudson Press, 2011. Plumb, J., The Death of the Past. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1970 *Sorokin, P., The Crisis of Our Age. New York: Dutton, 1941 Steele, A., Upward Nobility. New York: Times Books, 1978 Turkle, S., Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times. New York: The Free Press, 2003 LECTURE 14 FINAL EXAMINATION III. Important Policies http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/schools/advstudies/guide/academicinteg.html Written Work Graduate and undergraduate students are expected to prepare professional, polished written work. Written materials must be typed in the format required by your instructor. Strive for a thorough, yet concise style. Cite literature appropriately, using APA, MLA, CLA format per instructors decision. Develop your thoughts fully, clearly, logically and specifically. Proofread all materials to ensure the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling. You are encouraged to make use of campus resources for refining writing skills as needed [http://www.bc.edu/libraries/help/tutoring.html]. Scholarship and Academic Integrity It is expected that students will produce original work and cite references appropriately. Failure to reference properly is plagiarism. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not necessarily limited to, plagiarism, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, cheating on examinations or assignments, and submitting the same paper or substantially similar papers to meet the requirements of more than one course without seeking permission of all instructors concerned. Scholastic misconduct may also involve, but is not necessarily limited to, acts that violate the rights of other students, such as depriving another student of course materials or interfering with another student’s work. Disability Statement

Classroom accommodations will be provided for qualified students with documented disabilities. Students are invited to contact the Connors Family Learning Center office about accommodations for this course. Telephone appointments are available to students as needed. Appointments can be made by calling, 617-552-8903. You may also make an 12

appointment in person. For further information, you can locate the disability resources on the web at http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/libraries/help/tutoring/specialservices.html.

Attendance Class attendance is an important component of learning. Students are expected to attend all classes and to arrive by the beginning of and remain for the entire class period. When an occasion occurs that prevents a student from attending class, it is the student’s obligation to inform the instructor of the conflict before the class meets. The student is still expected to meet all assignment deadlines. If a student knows that he or she will be absent on a particular day, the student is responsible for seeing the instructor beforehand to obtain the assignments for that day. If a student misses a class, he or she is responsible for making up the work by obtaining a classmate's notes and handouts and turning in any assignments due. Furthermore, many instructors give points for participation in class. If you miss class, you cannot make up participation points associated with that class. Types of absences that are not typically excused include weddings, showers, vacations, birthday parties, graduations, etc. Additional assignments, penalties and correctives are at the discretion of the instructor. If circumstances necessitate excessive absence from class, the student should consider withdrawing from the class. In all cases, students are expected to accept the decision of the instructor regarding attendance policies specific to the class. Consistent with our commitment of creating an academic community that is respectful of and welcoming to persons of differing backgrounds, we believe that every reasonable effort should be made to allow members of the university community to observe their religious holidays without jeopardizing the fulfillment of their academic obligations. It is the responsibility of students to review course syllabi as soon as they are distributed and to consult the faculty member promptly regarding any possible conflicts with observed religious holidays. If asked, the student should provide accurate information about the obligations entailed in the observance of that particular holiday. However, it is the responsibility of the student to complete any and all class requirements for days that are missed due to conflicts due to religious holidays. There may be circumstances that necessitate a departure from this policy. Feel free to contact the WCAS at 617-552-3900 for consultation. Deadlines Assignments are due at the beginning of the class period on the specified dates. Late assignments will be graded accordingly. Term papers and out-of-class papers that are handed in late will be penalized one full grade for each week past the deadlines.

Course Assignments (readings, exercises and/or experiences) Course Outline:

PS 15501 Health Psychology

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Dr. Flannery

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Health: Assessing Stress Stress and Burnout: What are they/how do you know you have them? Cultural Sources of Stress: Is there a Rat Race? The Post-Industrial State. The Stress-Resistant Person Marital and Family Stress Organizational Stress Special Areas: Development/Time/Mobility Mid-Term Examination The Pathology of Untreated Stress/Psychological Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Health: Managing Stress 9. Basic Principles for Managing Individual Stress/Relaxation Exercises/Nutrition 10. Marital and Family Stress: Evaluating Major Life Decisions 11. Making Relationships Work 12. Managing Organizational Stress 13. Do Unto Others: How Human Attachment Heals 14. Final Examination Course Requirements: Mid-Term Exam Term Paper Final Examination Overall Class Performance/ Self Improvement Report

Percentage 25% 25% 25% 25%

Due Date October 17, 2013 October 24, 2013 December 12, 2013 Weekly Entire Semester/ November 14, 2013

Some Examples of Key Concepts: Part I Hippocrates

Post-Industrial State

Permanent underclass

Daily Hassles

Level of material expectation

Midlife crisis

HDL/LDL

Sovereign Wealth Funds

Maslow

élan vital

Maddie and Kobasa

Right Brain

Industrial/Corporate Peoples

Compte

Stress-Resistant Person

Anniversary Death 14

Khantizian

Optimal Level of Stimulation

Bowlby

Health/Illness Index

Lynch

Buffers

Emotional Over involvement Part II Belloc and Breslow

Physical Symptoms

diGrazia

Intrusive Symptoms

Project SMART

Avoidant Symptoms

Burnout

Acute PTSD

Psychological Contract

Chronic PTSD

Long-term bonding

Dissociation

Learned Helplessness

Repetition Compulsion

Seligman

Emotional Overinvolvement

Antonovsky

Panic

Sense of Coherence

Albert Ellis

James Lynch

Neurotransmitters

Internal Role Conflict

Synaptic Gap

China Study

Epinephrine

Dopamine

Kindling

Rationals

Self-Medication

Generativity

Multiple Personality Disorder

Contentment Out-of-Course Assignment: This is a four credit course that meets for 2 hours and 30 minutes of formal class time. In addition, the course will include the out-of-class assignment noted below. Self-Improvement Exercise Aerobic exercise, diet, and relaxation exercises are key components in managing stress and maintaining good physical and mental health. Each student is required to attend two one-hour or 4 half-hour aerobic exercise sessions (ask your doctor for medical clearance) and two one-hour or 4 half-hour relaxation exercises. This can be done in many settings, including, but not limited to, the Flynn Rec Plex, local high school adult education courses, the YWCA, YMCA, etc.

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Written Assignment: Each student will write a three-page, 12 CPI, double-spaced summary of what has been learned. List the 4 sessions that you attended, including type of session, place of meeting, day, and time. For example: aerobic exercise, Rec Plex, 5:30 PM, Tues., Sept. 3, 2013. Then discuss how these 4 sessions have contributed to your self-improvement in managing your stress in terms of the materials presented in class and in assigned readings.

This assignment is due Thursday, November 14, 2013. This assignment and the term paper assignment will be discussed in class toward the end of the semester. It is expected that 8 hours of your study time will be spent on class and out-of-class assignments and exercises. Please note that some weeks will require more time and some weeks less time but the average is approximately 8 hours per week over the semester.

Note Bene: All of these course requirements may be changed at any time by the professor as class needs indicate. Any changes will be announced at the beginning of class lectures. If you miss class or are late, it is your responsibility to obtain the information, if any, from your buddy.

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