PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Derealization, Mood Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder
8 Apr 2014
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We"ll finish chapter 18, then move on to chapter 19 (no required readings it"s on personality disorders) **chapter 20 is good overview to prepare for exam could help out. Significant correlation: consequences health care professionals should be aware of neuroticism as risk factor, particularly for cardiac survivors should provide treatment. Can"t cure neuroticism, but can change characteristic adaptations (different ways of coping, of reacting to situations, etc. ) Also part of idea of expression (not necessarily just emotional. But it also serves function of drawing people in, making expression) connections. When we try to inhibit an event (memory), this leads to stress, sympathetic nervous system arousal. Disclosing that event (telling that secret) is huge stress relief. We"ll switch over to personality types: there are not a whole lot of these theories lingering, but type a and type. B are like this: a few other type theories.
