PSY 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Attention Seeking, Psychopathology, Midbrain
26 Jan 2017
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10 questions, 2 questions from the book- general questions of major themes from first two chapters, 8 from powerpoints: spend about 30-45 minutes studying. 21 yo, single, ua art student. History of current problem: recurrent sadness due to social rejection, roommates accuse her of hitting on their boyfriends, history of attention seeking behavior. Does she have a mental disorder: mental disorder is: Behavioral, emotional, or cognitive dysfunctions that are unexpected in their cultural context and associated with personal distress or substantial impairment in functioning . Psychopathology: the branch of medicine that studies the causes and nature of mental illness/mental disorders. Lisa"s behavior as a result of classical conditioning: alone (neutral s. ) + assaulted (ucs) = fear (ucr, alone (conditioned s) fear (cr) Summary- lisa"s behavior may be a result of : learned fear response to being alone (classical, a reinforced behavior (operant)
