Biological Approaches
The idea that parts of the brain have specific functions
What is localization of function?
What is memory?
A group one belongs to.
What is an in-group?
This brain area activates when people see photos of their loved ones
What is VTA?
Triggered by trauma, this condition causes flashbacks, avoidance, and anxiety.
What is PTSD?
A hormone associated with trust and social bonding
What is oxytocin?
In the WMM the store associated with visual information
What is visuospatial sketchpad?
The process of learning your own culture.
What is enculturation?
SSRIs treat PTSD by blocking a neurotransmission process.
What is reuptake?
Examples of putative pheromones
What is AND and EST?
Shortcuts the mind takes to save time and resources.
What is heuristics?
Children tend to imitate people they look up to.
One of the four horsemen of relationship apocalypse where a person withdraws from conversation.
What is stonewalling?
A smaller or shrunken hippocampus.
What is hippocampal atrophy?
What is action potential?
Memories are not perfect recordings, and may shift with time.
A dimension that emphasizes group harmony and cohesion over individual interests.
What is collectivism?
What are patterns of accommodation?
Proportion of a population that has, at some point in their life, experienced a specific mental disorder.
What is lifetime prevalence?
The degree to which behavior can be explained by genetics
What is heritability?
What is overt rehearsal?
Embracing a new culture while losing ties with your own.
What is assimilation?
What is attraction-similarity hypothesis?
A brain structure that activates during cognitive reappraisal tasks.