PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Borderline Personality Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa
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Physical: not being able to maintain % body weight, raw hands. Etiology: study of how they start: what are some reasons that people end up having a mental disorder, behavioural principles (learning theory) can explain the etiology of many disorders. Maintenance/course: behavioural principles can account for the maintenance of at least some symptoms of most mental disorders. Neutral stimulus (bees) + unconditioned stimulus (sting) unconditioned response (fear/pain) Conditioned stimulus (bees) conditioned response (fear/anxiety: maintenance. Avoiding bees fear/ anxiety is avoided (negative reinforcement) Borderline personality disorder (come suicide attempts, impulsive: etiology. Only extreme displays of emotion (behaviour) are attended to by caregivers (positive reinforcement), while lesser displays of emotion are ignored (kids aren"t attended until it"s a 10: maintenance. Person gets attention/objectives met (positive reinforcement) when using threats and angry outbursts. Self-harm results in a rush of endorphins (positive reinforcement) and a feeling of calm (negative reinforcement) Have several drinks act more social/feel more confident (positive reinforcement)
