PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tachycardia, Substance Abuse, Psychopathology
5 Apr 2019
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Why is substance abuse comorbid with ptsd: one has painful difficult memories-using substances is a solution to a really bad problem which are the horrible memories causing. 100 m/c, 3 sa/short essay questions (mostly from the lecture) 1 is from the textbook, 3 from lecture (worth 5 points each) out of 115 points. 60% questions from the textbook, 40% from the lectures. Lecture based on neurotic styles by david shapiro. Personality style: get people into trouble why it"s called neurotic. Caused anxiety, have implications for psychopathology: often get combined to form different disorders. Disorder is a more extreme form of style. Style way of interacting with other people/the world: histrionic personality style- hallmark is something called repression, repression- the idea of a person keeping at bay (out of awareness) certain feelings and impulses. Process that keeps things out of awareness, outside of conscious thought, protects the ego.
