Assignment task: Historically, psychologists have largely been focused on studying and treating abnormal behavior.
As a future psychologist, do you think it is important to focus one's efforts on promoting wellness and prevention in order to combat the development, and worsening, of mental and physical health issues? Explain your answer, provide specific examples, and support your response with information from a scholarly source.
In your opinion, and what are at least two obstacles that might hinder one's efforts to achieve health and wellness? Include a discussion of the psychological concept of "learned helplessness" and at least one other obstacle.
What are two effective strategies for promoting health and wellness? Include one strategy you use to promote your own health and wellness that isn't mentioned in your book. What does the research have to say about the benefits of this strategy?
Elaborate on your responses.
Put references and citation
eBook:
Feldman, R. S. (2021). Essentials of understanding psychology (14th ed.). McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Chapter 11: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being