PSYC23H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prosocial Behavior, Emotional Contagion
Document Summary
Examples of forgotten experiences: war vets with post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd): Embodied memories: example: when a doctor asks a veteran how it was being in the war, and the vet says that it was fine but begins twitching his eye. What"s the worst thing that occurred during their time there? the vet might not have an explicit memory for it, but he might start shaking so his body (implicit memory) remembers: maternal care: Just because you don"t have explicit memory, doesn"t mean it"s not important. It"s important regardless of how you remember it: they have lasting effects on who we become and are in the future. Habits that we inherit to help us socially. We"ve survived and evolved because we have stuck together we enjoy each other"s company if we don"t stay isolated then we"re more likely to live: if we stand together and fight, we can win, negative side:
