PSYCH 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Socioeconomic Status
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Homeostasis or- why do fat people get hungry? (continued from 10/3/14) Because the command and control system is psychological, it is susceptible to disorders stemming (in part) from the mental representations we have of ourselves. Things can go wrong based on the thoughts that we have. As tasks get more difficult, stress level increases. As simple tasks get simpler, boredom is reached easier. Stress is dependent on how you perceive a situation: appraisal (cid:0) response (cid:0) event (in a cycle) Responding to stress is homeostatic we want to return to the state we were at prior to the stressful event. Learned helplessness someone who is suffering from bad things happening, they internalize that they have no control over it and stop looking for an escape from the stress. 3. 5% of adults in their life will have a diagnosable level of these symptoms: diagnostics . Persistently recalled keep going over a situation in their head.
