Prolonged and severe stress reactions to catastrophic events or to severe chronic stress
What is PTSD?
100
Includes all the nerves that are not encased in bone and connects the CNS to the rest of the body?
What is PNS or peripheral nervous system?
100
Over 100 bodily functions are controlled by these natural fluctuations throughout the day.
Responsible for governing BP, Heart Rate, Appetite, etc
What are the Circadian Rhythms?
100
Chemicals that are essential to the nervous system functioning
What are neurotransmitters?
100
Created a theory of personality with three structures, the Id, Ego, and Superego
Who is Freud?
200
Any stimuli or event capable of producing physical or emotional stress
What is a stressor?
200
This nervous system operates unconscious functions in the body such as breathing, heart rate, etc.
What is autonomic nervous system?
200
Stages 1-4 of sleep
What is N-REM sleep?
200
The slender, tail-like extension that sprouts into many branches, ending in the axon terminal
What is the Axon?
200
Founder of functionalism, influenced by Darwin, and studied jealousy
Who is William James?
300
conflict arises because the alternatives BOTH have desirable outcomes.
conflict arises because both choices come with positive and negative features
conflict arises because you have to choose between two undesirable alternatives
What are approach-approach, approach-avoidance, and avoidance-avoidance conflicts?
300
This structure connects the left and right hemisphere?
What is corpus callosum?
300
This kind of sleep is important to memory consolidation
What is REM sleep?
300
Neurotransmitters that affects movement, learning, memory, and REM Sleep?
What is Acetylcholine?
300
Founder of behaviorism who believed psychology should give up the study of consciousness
Who is Watson?
400
Approach that includes psychological and social factors in addition to physical disease as causes for ill health
What is the biopsychosocial model of health?
400
governs Math, logic, language, and complex movement as well as controls the right side of the body
What is the left hemisphere?
400
Continued use of a substance after several episodes in which use of the substance has negatively affected an individual's work, education, and social relationships
What is substance abuse?
400
Neurotransmitter that affects mood, sleep, appetite, impulsivity and aggression
What is Serotonin?
400
Theory of motivation, Hierachy of Needs
Who is Maslow?
500
Alarm Stage, Resistance Stage, and Exhaustion Stage
What are the three stages of the General Adaption Syndrome?
500
This structure regulates hunger, thirst, sexual behavior, internal body temp, and houses the biological clock?
What is the hypothalamus?
500
refers to the irresistible urge or craving for the pleasurable effects of the substance
What is psychological dependence on a drug
500
This influences a neuron NOT to fire while this one influences a neuron TO fire
What is the difference between inhibitory and excitatory influences on neurons?
500
Founded in reaction to Behaviorism and Psychoanalytic Psych, Believed there are three basic components to the therapeutic relation -- empathy, congruence, unconditional positive regard