PSYC 3230 Lecture Notes - Biopsychosocial Model, Cognitive Restructuring, Hypervigilance
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This reflects the fact that we have two separate systems for processing information about the world. Remember: fear response is vital to our survival-- allows for fast, energized action. Born with fear in response to falling or loud noise or pain. Learn other fear stimuli; tendency to fear is often culturally transmitted. E. g. , fear of spiders in european cultures not found in many other cultures-- may be related to cultural reaction to the plague. Until about 35 years ago, psychologists believed we could learn a fear response to anything, through classical conditioning. E. g. , rats made ill following a particular taste in water or food will avoid it; the conditioning response is poor if noise or bright light is the cs. Yet, taste in water preceding electric shock leads to poor conditioning, while noise/bright light leads to good conditioning. Anxiety: affective state involving strong negative emotion, feelings of uncontrollability regarding the future, self-preoccupation, autonomic nervous system arousal.