Enhance your understanding of The Patient–Practitioner Relationship (8.1) in Health Psychology with this comprehensive 109-slide lesson resource designed for AS & A Level Psychology (9990) based on the 2024 Cambridge syllabus from the Hodder textbook.

Comprehensive Coverage: 109 slides covering the following:

8.1.1 Practitioner and Patient Interpersonal Skills

• Non-verbal communication: Focus on practitioner appearance and attire, including McKinstry and Wang (1991) on how clothing affects patient confidence and trust.
• Verbal communication: Understanding barriers to medical terminology and their impact on patient comprehension, supported by McKinlay (1975).
• Issues and debates: Idiographic vs. nomothetic approaches, experiments, questionnaires, quantitative data, and generalisation of findings.

8.1.2 Patient and Practitioner Diagnosis and Style

• Practitioner diagnosis: Exploring diagnostic decision-making, disclosure, and the effects of false positive/negative diagnoses.
• Practitioner style: Comparing doctor-centred (directive) and patient-centred (sharing) consultations, with key study Savage and Armstrong (1990) on satisfaction and adherence.
• Issues and debates: Individual vs. situational explanations, cultural factors, determinism vs. free will, and application to daily life.

8.1.3 Misusing Health Services

• Delay in seeking treatment: Reasons and models of delay, including Safer et al. (1979) and the Health Belief Model.
• Abnormal illness behaviour: Differentiating Munchausen syndrome and malingering, with study Aleem and Ajarim (1995).
• Issues and debates: Reductionism vs. holism, idiographic vs. nomothetic methods, and generalisability of findings.

Each study includes its context, aims, design, methodology, findings, and key evaluations.
With reflection prompts, YouTube video links, and visual diagrams, these slides offer clarity, engagement, and analytical depth—making them ideal for both classroom instruction and independent study.

A complete, exam-focused companion for mastering Health Psychology 8.1 in the Cambridge AS & A Level Psychology (9990) syllabus.