ABSTRACT
John and Ahmed share a common goal: Both want to pursue a career in health psychology. But while talking about the field they realized they had very different concepts of what health psychologists do. For example, John understood that health psychologists work directly with people, offering education and health-intervention programs to improve an individual’s health status. John is particularly interested in cardiovascular disease. He would like to work in a hospital outpatient clinic or community-based center, providing health information and guidance to individuals with heart disease.
