Psychology 2036A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Negative Affectivity, Thermoreceptor, Fidgeting

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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Lecture topics: perceiving symptom, deciding that we are ill (the role of illness representations, responding to treatments (the role of psychological reactance) Our concern is reversing the illness after it has developed. Biology is only part of the story to reverse illness, much concern ourselves with psychological and social factors. Perceiving symptoms: physiological changes in the body, detected by sensory receptors: Pain receptors (e. g tissue damage: produce body sensation . Yes if pervasive and strong (e. g. , extreme hunger, fatigue, pain) E. g. , correlation between perceived heart rate and actual heart rate is small (r=+10); same for blood pressure; body temperature. We are not very accurate at perceiving things like hr, bp, etc. How we perceive and interpret these sensations depends on psychological and social factors: psychological and social factors, focus of attention: Outdoor joggers run faster than indoor joggers (and report less fatigue);