PSYC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Explicit Memory, Implicit Memory, Startle Response

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1F90
• Professor: Kathryn Belicki

Document Summary

Van ameringen, mancini, patterson, & boyle, 2008. 9. 2% of canadians at some point in their lives have experienced ptsd (this is almost 1 in 10) 76% of canadians have experienced some event that would be sufficient to cause ptsd. Events/experiences that move from something stressful to something traumatic. Events that undermine social bonds/connections with others. Example: children losing a parent can be very devastating and traumatic. Flashbacks to events and nightmares that relive the event. Experience emotions both awake and during dreams. Explicit memory involves both the memory of the event and the emotion. Intrusive memory only involves the memory of the event. When we avoid the event we avoid the feelings that go along with the event. When we avoid such feelings, the feelings go numb, and we live in a fog, unable to feel the emotions of the event. These forms of a negative, self perpetuating circle unless we interrupt the cycle.