Stepping in where I know absolutely nothing.....
Habituation is a brain thing, not a sensory-neuron thing, so would be
different from "fatigue" in a neurological sense, but would be very much
like "compassion fatigue," I would think. Both are cases wherein a
stimulus is represented to brain, but the response to the stimulus is
attenuated.
I had never thought of that, and find it interesting. It would seem to
me that the apparent difference between the two phenomena is that in the
case of "compassion fatigue" we are talking about a more (apparently)
psychological event; in the case of sensory habituation, it seems less
"psychological." (Except to people like us, perhaps.)
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From: Harzem Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:28 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Re: compassion fatigue or psychophysical
numbness
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
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