Question

Date Name Health Psychology- Health Locus of Control Exercise: Agree or disagree with the following statement and support your answer: "Good health is basically a matter of hered ity or good luck. People cannot really do much to enhance their health or stave off illness." Many people assume that whether or not they become ill or remain healthy is the luck of the draw. Consider the phrase "being struck by illness." It implies that illness comes out of the blue. There are, of course, many different kinds of illnesses, from "garden variety flu and upset stomach to cancer and heart disease. Today, however, it seems that the public has become more aware that behavior can have an effect on the probability of contracting some illnesses. In thinking critically about this issue try to weigh the evidence to arrive at some more useful hypotheses about behavior and health, For example, illness? What are are there relationships between stressors, attitudes, behavior patterns and they?

Answer 1

I do not not agree with this statement. There is a reason that i do not agree. I’ve gotten ill due to eating junk food and taking too much stress and also from a poor healthy lifestyle. I could not blame my sickness on luck. However, I mean agree that heredity can be a factor.
Growing up I likewise got an opportunity of having single cells since my father conveys the quality, however fortunately since mother didn't convey the quality I didn't get single cells characteristic or manifestations. So I don't think it is a stroke of luck. I do have faith in specific cases yes sickness is heredity yet you can get things done to improve your wellbeing or keep disease from occurring. Things like working out, going to specialist, and having a decent eating routine.
So we can say something diseases could be heredity but they can increase or decrease by our life style. If we adopt healthy life style we can reduce the risk of increase of disease and can live healthy life. We need to include physical activities in our life like exercise, yoga, mediation which can cure many disease.