PSYC 371 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
13 Apr 2020
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Some have suggested that avoidance symptoms are a response to reexperiencing symptoms: as traumatic memories intrude into consciousness, so do the painful negative emotions associated with the trauma. This suggests that the individual is in a constant state of ght or ight, which is similar to how the individual"s body responded during the actual traumatic event. In this state of alert, the individual is primed to react to new threats of danger, even in relatively safe situations. Theoretical models of ptsd: mowrer"s two-factor theory (1947) of classical and operant conditioning was rst proposed to account for post-trauma symptoms. Classical conditioning was used to explain the high levels of distress and fear observed in trauma victims in reaction to trauma-related stimuli. Steketee, and rothbaum (1989) suggested that ptsd emerges due to the development of a fear network in memory that elicits escape and avoidance behavior: mental fear structures include stimuli, response, and meaning elements.
