PSYC 3170 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Sick Role, Psychological Testing, Chronic Pain
20 Sep 2017
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11 november 18: personal and social experiences and pain. Learn to associate pain with antecedent cues and its consequences. Pain behaviours: people in pain behave in characteristic ways such as moaning, grimacing, or limping. Facial or audible expression of distress: when people clench their teeth, moan, or grimace. Distorted ambulation or posture: moving in a guarded or protective fashion, or rubbing/holding the painful area. Avoidance of activity: when people lie down frequently during the day or stay home from work. First, researchers demonstrated that facial displays of pain can become more produced or less so, deepening on which is reinforced and that as these people"s pain behaviours changed, their ratings of painful stimuli changed in the same direction. Second, when pain persists and becomes chronic, pain behaviours often become a stable part of the person"s habits and lifestyle. Pain behaviours are reinforced in every life because it sometimes has.
