01:830:340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Panic Attack, Autonomic Nervous System, B. F. Skinner
22 Feb 2018
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What happens as a consequence of the behavior determines the likelihood it is repeated. The scientific method and the integrative approach instead , involves transactional psychological, biological, and social influences. No contribution of psychopathology occurs in isolation! Jenny (22 yr), panic attack oob - increased heart rate/suffocation/ sweating/ dizziness/ trembling/ worry. No biological cause (diagnosed healthy) worry that classes might trigger again. Ucs - panic attack, ucr - fear, cs - class, cr - fear. Bio, social, behavioral, emotional and cognitive influences (different factors influence each other. Social - embarrassment/shame, class attendance and performance, doctors say nothing is wrong. Behavioral influences - conditioned response to stimuli/ avoidance. Polygenetic influences - rule, not the exception (cluster) Eric kandel - learning affects genetic structure of cells. Continued development in the brain (plasticity vs. hardwired) Psychopathology - building connections in neurons in the brain (comes in automatic - strengthening the connection)
