Psychopathology Flashcards
what system do conflicts and errors activate
defensive/aversive motivational system
what are 3 signs and symptoms of impaired performance monitoring behaviour
reduced posterror adjustment
reduced postconflict adjustment
impairments in implementation of alternative actions
what are two internalising pathologies
depression
anxiety
what are two externalising pathologies
substance abuse
schizophrenia
what is one experiment we can do to measure lesions in ACC
simon task to see post error slowing
what are three sub divisions of anxiety for internalising pathologies
ocd
trait anxiety
state anxiety
what did pitman discover in relation to error and ocd
false error signals generated by hyperactive action monitoring system
need to correct actions repeatedly
describe excessive affective response
increased ERN may reflect a source of worry, indexing increased affective valuation of errors and driving obsessions or worries about errors leading to bad outcomes
describe trait anxiety and error
no ern differences- with relation to worriedness
describe depression and cognitive control
depressed individuals consistently magnify the significance of failure
what is the self-positivity bias
present with happy and negative words for describing personality
shows that depressed people may exhibit more realistic personal views
what is the physiological evidence for effect of depression on the ACC
mean gray matter of sgacc is reduced
what is an anterior cingulotomy
lesions into acc
describe error and addiction
less error signal in cocaine addicts
what is conflict theory
same acc areas should be active during error commision and conflict processing
