On Mar 5, 2007, at 9:58 AM, Lavin, Michael wrote:
TIPS folks: Are compassion fatigue psychophysical numbness terms
that psychologists would call habituation?
Interesting point I had not considered. Although I think 'numbness'
may be regarded as a type of habituation, most often it is discussed
as 'conversion hysteria' (Freud, Bleuler, Charcot, and many
others). Fatigue is different from habituation mainly because it
has features that distinguish it from it.
Secondly, do any TIPS members discuss this phenomenon and would it
be in a learning, or clinical social class? Thanks, and will bundle up
findings if you wish and email them out to you.
In every course I would put aside one or more session for students'
questions on any topic in psychology that is not included in that
course. Both of the phenomena would come up fairly frequently.
Peter
Peter Harzem, B.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Wales)
Hudson Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849-5214
USA
Phone: +334 844-6482
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