- Introductory Psychology: Unique Challenges and Opportunities
- Teaching Research Methods
- Statistics and Psychometrics
- Psychology and Neuroscience: Teaching the Neural Basis of Behavior
- Animal Behavior
- Experimental Psychology
- Using Science to Teach Science: Applying the Scientific Method in Teaching Physiological Psychology
- Teaching Cognitive Science
- Psychology of Adjustment: An Opportunity for Teaching and Promoting Psychological Literacy
- Clinical and Counseling Psychology
- Abnormal Psychology
- Teaching Child and Adolescent Development
- The Joys and Challenges of Teaching Social Psychology
- Teaching Personality Psychology
- Teaching Health Psychology
- Teaching the History of Psychology: Aims, Approaches, and Debates
- Human Sexuality
- Teaching Psychology of the Workplace
- Psychology of Women
- Strategies and Resources for Teaching Psychology of Religion
- Positive Psychology
- Teaching Cultural Psychology
- Teaching Forensic Clinical Psychology
- Teaching the Psychology and Law Class
- Sport Psychology
- Teaching the Psychology of Men and Masculinity to Undergraduates
Abstract and Keywords
Health psychology is an interdisciplinary subspecialty of psychology dedicated to promoting and maintaining health and to preventing and treating illness. The course has seen a growth in popularity over the past 20 years, and there are now a variety of resources to teach the course. The essay reviews the evolution of the health psychology curriculum, major ways to deliver content in the course, best practices for course design, and a review of contemporary syllabi and learning outcomes for the course.
Keywords: health psychology, case studies, assessment, controversy
Regan Gurung is a Professor of Human Development and Psychology and the Chair of Human Development at University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
Elise M. Rittenhouse, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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- Introductory Psychology: Unique Challenges and Opportunities
- Teaching Research Methods
- Statistics and Psychometrics
- Psychology and Neuroscience: Teaching the Neural Basis of Behavior
- Animal Behavior
- Experimental Psychology
- Using Science to Teach Science: Applying the Scientific Method in Teaching Physiological Psychology
- Teaching Cognitive Science
- Psychology of Adjustment: An Opportunity for Teaching and Promoting Psychological Literacy
- Clinical and Counseling Psychology
- Abnormal Psychology
- Teaching Child and Adolescent Development
- The Joys and Challenges of Teaching Social Psychology
- Teaching Personality Psychology
- Teaching Health Psychology
- Teaching the History of Psychology: Aims, Approaches, and Debates
- Human Sexuality
- Teaching Psychology of the Workplace
- Psychology of Women
- Strategies and Resources for Teaching Psychology of Religion
- Positive Psychology
- Teaching Cultural Psychology
- Teaching Forensic Clinical Psychology
- Teaching the Psychology and Law Class
- Sport Psychology
- Teaching the Psychology of Men and Masculinity to Undergraduates
