PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Explicit Memory, Livingsocial, Implicit Memory
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Outcome and comments: responded well to treatment (only took 7 days, gradually exposed to his fear while using muscle tension to prevent blood pressure drop. Neuroscience and its contributions to psychopathology: neuroscience study of the nervous system (mainly brain) and its role in behaviour, thoughts, and emotions. The central nervous system: made up of spinal chord and brain, processes all information received from our sense organs and reacts, spinal chord. Interaction of neurotransmitters with receptors, either exciting or inhibiting post synaptic neuron: reuptake into original neuron to be recycled. Interactions of psychosocial factors with brain structure and function: brain circuits are strongly influenced, perhaps even created, by psychological and social factors. Behavioural and cognitive science: cognitive science how we acquire and process information and how we. One of the processes involved is memory store and ultimately retrieve it. Conditioning and cognitive processes: classical conditioning really facilitates the learning of the relationship among events in an environment.