PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Unconditional Positive Regard, Problem Gambling, Sensation Seeking

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Stephen Lewis

Document Summary

Building a theoretical bridge (refer to chart in notes on chapter 7) A physiological response to which leads to a physiological indicator (heart rate etc) Provides a measure of sympathetic nervous system activity. Skin conductance and self injury: emotional reactivity intensity and persistence of emotion in response to stimuli, thought to elevates among those who self-injure. Particularly with negative events/ stressful tasks: stress inductions: matching game in which failure feedback is given (even when a response is correct) goal is to determine how long people stay in the game. People who self injure get more distressed, and higher levels of skin conductance: main findings (nick and mendes) Individuals with a history of self-injury have elevated skin conductance and more negative emotional reactivity to stress. Individuals who self-injure also quit game sooner: lower distress tolerance. Implication: emotional reactivity and distress tolerance may be key to understanding self-injury. Blood pressure (bp: pressure exerted on artery walls, common measure of stress.