PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mirror Neuron, Comorbidity, Hypochondriasis
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Short answer example: briefly describe the mood changes associated with bipolar disorder (1 mark). Provide 2 examples of symptoms that would lead to a bipolar rather than depression diagnosis (2 marks). What is anxiety: anxiety is part of the normal human experience. Can have positive or negative impact: adaptive anxiety. Involves both cortical and subcortical processes: wide range of views on what constitutes fear and anxiety. Characteristics of anxiety: anxiety is an affective state where by an individual feels threatened by the potential occurrence of a future negative event. Fear is a more primitive emotion and occurs in response to a real or perceived current threat. From an evolutionary perspective, fear is an important because of the response it elicits. (helps us survive predators) The behavioural response known as fight or flight response, so named because fear either prompts a person to stay an fight or to run away from a dangerous situation.
