Psychology 2036A/B Lecture 10: Lecture 10 PAIN
12 Apr 2012
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No class next week -- next week is optional review class. Humans are unique - can declare we are in pain and discomfort. Pain is a subjective experience - have total emotional experience as well. Suffering - predicting that we"re going to have a really bad experience - cbt can be quite helpful (distract themselves from a particular reality) Although not enjoyable, the experience of pain serves important functions: produces withdrawal that prevents further injury, serves as basis of learning to avoid injurious objects/situations, sets limits on activity and enforces inactivity and/or rest. Able to detect injury from pain and are then able to attend to it. Some individuals cannot experience pain whatsoever; do not ever tend to pain, infections, etc, things fester for a very long period of time (these people die young) When contact with injurious stimuli occurs, signals follow a particular route. Nocioceptors of the afferent (sensory) neurons (pns) respond to the stimuli.
