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faculty
Brian Ayotte, PhD
Associate Professor / Faculty Director of the Honors College
Psychology
Contact
508-999-9206
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Claire T. Carney Library 227
Education
| 2010 | West Virginia University | PhD |
Teaching
- Health Psychology
- Methods
- Statistics
- Developmental Psychology
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
Exploration of what it means to be human. This course will sample insights into ourselves from the unraveling of the human genome to the uncovering of the earliest evidence of distinctively human culture. Topics could include human consciousness, biomedical discoveries, defining human experiences, or the origins of human societies or belief sets. May be repeated with change of content.
Student develops and executes an independent research thesis under the direction of a faculty advisor. Graded A-F.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
Provides an overview of health psychology: the scientific study of behaviors and cognitive processes related to health states. It addresses the mind/body connection, the influence of social and physical environments on our health, cognitive processing of health information, health belief models and the link between personality traits and health. The interactions between these biological, psychological, and social influences on individuals' health states are examined from an empirical perspective.
Research
Research interests
- Health behaviors
- Social support
- Relationships
- Health attitudes
Dr. Ayotte is interested in the role of individual and interpersonal factors on health-related attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes through the lifespan. His work includes the examination of health behaviors in married couples, health-related outcomes in healthcare employees, independent living skills in younger and older adults, health-related decision making, and other related work. In his life outside of work, he loves to swim, bike, run, and hike with his wife and dog.