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- What is aerobic exercise? What evidence exists that it promotes health and longevity?
- How large are exercise drop–out rates? What factors do and do not predict dropout?
- What are the behavior–change techniques used in behavioral weight control programs?
- Describe the Type A behavior pattern and how it can contribute to coronary heart disease.
- Describe the nature and effectiveness of behavior change techniques used in AIDS prevention and addictive behaviors interventions.
- How serious are the consequences of binge drinking among college students?
- Compare harm reduction and abstinence approaches to addictive behaviors.
- Describe the transtheoretical model of change.
- Describe three ways that theorists have defined the term stress.
- What links exist between stress and psychological well–being?
- Describe physiological and behavioral mechanisms through which stress can contribute to illness.
- What factors help create stress–resiliency in children?
- How do, social support, coping self–efficacy, optimism–pessimism, and spiritual beliefs affect stress outcomes?
- Describe the three major classes of coping strategies and their relations to resiliency.
- How do gender and cultural factors affect the tendency to use particular coping strategies?
- How common is posttraumatic growth? What are its major components?
- In what sense is pain a psychological phenomenon?
- How do cultural factors influence pain experience and behavior?
- How do cognitive and personality factors affect people's responses to pain stimuli?
- Describe cognitive, informational, and behavioral interventions for pain reduction.
- What evidence exists that lifestyle changes enhance medical adjustment?
- How happy are people worldwide. What factors predict and fail to predict happiness?
- Summarize research–based suggestions for attaining happiness.
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