PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nec, Lisa Lopes, Phineas Gage
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Psy100 lecture 6 september 29th, 2016. The way we function and dysfunction has everything to do with our interpersonal relationships. Carl rogers says that we often situate our problems within ourselves and we believe that we need to fix ourselves or get the right therapist or right medication. Nestler and malenka: drugs of abuse commandeer the brain"s natural reward circuitry. Stimulation of this pathway reinforces behavior, ensuring that what you just did, you will do again. Learning is strongly affected by reward and the rewarding effects. When someone is for example, using cocaine, they are activating a neuro circuitry that tells us that something is good. Cocaine is mediated by the same mechanisms that are for functional, adaptive reasons like learning and motivation. Humans are constantly servicing their dopamine addiction: example: when you are bored and decide to go on facebook looking for validation. Back of brain to front of brain = old information to new information.
