Individual Differences and Psychopathology

ContentsList of Contributors Preface1. Introduction I. Key themes II. Special problems with research into psychopathology References 2. Psychophysiology and Personality: Extraversion, Neuroticism and Psychoticism I. The trait model: extraversion and neuroticism II. Heredity III. Brain mechanisms in activation and arousal IV. The evidence V. Brain mechanisms and behaviour VI. Biological bases of psychoticism VII. Summary Further reading References 3. Anxiety, Personality and the Brain I. Individual differences II. Anxiety III. The brain and anxiety IV. A theory of anxiety V. The anxious personality Further reading References 4. Habituation and Personality I. Introduction II. Habituation as an index of personality III. Personality correlates of habituation IV. Conclusion V. Summary Further reading References 5.Perspective on Pain I. Pain research II. The meaning of pain III. Treatment of pain IV. Determinants of pain V. Responses to pain VI. Neurophysiology of pain VII. The control of pain Further reading References 6. Cortical Correlates of Intelligence I. Introduction II. EEG and test intelligence III. List of requirements for EEG/ERP and IQ research IV. More recent research V. ERP studies of test intelligence VI. Conclusion Further reading References 7. Sensation Seeking: A Biosocial Dimension of Personality I. Introduction II. First biological model of sensation seeking III. A new biological model IV. Summary Further reading References 8. Augmenting and Reducing: Individual Differences in Evoked Potentials I. The augmenting/reducing continuum II. Individual differences and evoked potentials III. Population distribution, age and sex IV. Genetics V. Behavioural correlates VI. Pain tolerance VII. Cross-modal correlations in augmenting reducing VIII. Psychopathology Further reading References 9. Pavlov's Nervous System Typology and Beyond I. Pavlov's theory of nervous system types II. Early studies into nervous system types in man III. The contribution of the Teplov-Nebylitsyn school IV. An attempt to give a psychological interpretation to Pavlov's theory of basic properties of the nervous system V. Nervous system properties and biologically determined dimensions of personality Further reading References 10. Anxiety and Depression I. Anxiety II. Depression III. Summary Further reading References 11. Psychosomatic Disorders: Theories and Evidence I. An ideal proof II. Current evidence III. Summary and conclusions Further reading References12. Psychopathy, Delinquency and Crime I. The role of learning and organismic variable in criminality II. Psychopathic personality III. Autonomie correlates of psychopathy IV. Electrocortical correlates of psychopathy V. Conclusions Further reading References 13. Some Problems and Controversies in the Psychophysiological Investigation of Schizophrenia I. Introduction II. Responsivity to simple stimuli III. Lateral dysfunction IV. Skin conductance response recovery and schizophrenic psychopathology V. Electrodermal activity in high-risk studies Further reading References 14. Biofeedback in Theory and Practice I. Visceral learning: some historical background II. Skeletal mediation of opérant visceral conditioning effects III. Learned control of central nervous system events IV. Evaluating biofeedback as a clinical treatment V. Clinical applications of biofeedback VI. Some conclusions Further reading References 15. Psychophysiological Contributions to Psychotherapy Research: a Systems Perspective I. Conceptual issues II.