PSY-3635 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Substantia Gelatinosa Of Rolando, Hypnosis, Constipation

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Psychology (A&S)
• Course: PSY-3635
• Professor: Schlundt David

Document Summary

Objectives: meaning and purpose of pain, different types of pain, our reactions to pain, gate theory of pain. Often a warning to take steps to prevent tissue damage. Leads to compensations and adjustments that may not be in your best interests. Limping: grimacing, pain vocalizations (ouch, %0@!, avoidance of everyday activities. Secondary gain: behaviors that lead to reward are reinforced and become more likely to occur again in the future, pain behaviors are rewarded by, pain behavior may create. Dependency: sympathy may be followed by anger or avoidance. Painful experiences: no one to one correspondence between physical stimulation and the experience of pain. Great individual differences in experience of pain. Gate control theory: melzack & wall (1965, signal from periphery, controlled by spinal gate, signals from brain open and close gate, experience of pain is moderated by the gating of pain signals. Free nerve endings are found throughout to body and create pain sensations.