Disorders
Behavior that causes people to experience distress and prevents them from functioning in their daily lives is known as:
Abnormal behavior.
This part of the brain system regulates life-sustaining functions, such as breathing.
Brain Stem
The definition of Psychology:
The scientific Study of Behavior & Mental Processes.
This part of a neuron receives information from other neurons and relays it to the cell body.
Dendrite
Controlled breathing as a way to let go of stress and focus the mind.
Breathing excersises.
A feeling of extreme fear when coming into contact with an object/person/situation that is the source of the fear (ex: Heights)
Phobia.
Outer layer of neural tissue of the forebrain is called the __________.
Cerebral Cortex
The psychodynamic theory and the use of psychoanalysis (talk therapy) were developed by _______.
Sigmund Freud.
Neurons have a natural electric charge. This is called the neuron's ______________.
Resting Potential
A period of time in which one sits in silence or chants, for religious or spiritual purposes or as a method of relaxation.
Meditation
A disorder characterized by unwanted thoughts or feelings that a person must carry out certain actions against his or her will.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
This structure relays motor and sensory signals to the Cerebral Cortex.
Thalamus
These are the two roots of the field that became psychology.
Philosophy and Biology.
This neurotransmitter enables muscle action and regulates many cognitive processes, such as learning, dreaming, and memory.
Acetylcholine
Physical exercise
Running, walking, workingout
A disorder where the individual alternates between periods of euphoric feelings (highs) and periods of depression are called:
Bipolar disorder
Which brain area did Phineas Gage famously injure?
Frontal Lobe.
The scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life.
Developmental psychology
How do neurons communicate?
Neurotransmitters
Social activities
Hang out with friends or go out
A personality disturbance characterized by an exaggerated sense of importance.
Antisocial personality disorder.
Why can split-brain patients identify objects/faces in their right visual field, but cannot name them?
The localization of language functions is in the left hemisphere of the brain.
_______________ is the branch of psychology that applies psychological theories and principles to organizations
Industrial-organizational psychology
What is Neuroplasticity?
Ability for the brain to change throughout one’s life whether through experience or regrowth.
Balanced meals
Eating healthy