Vocabulary
Taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belief.
What is advocacy?
The fear of environments that could be considered unsafe or could lead to a loss of control
What is agoraphobia?
Behaviors that focus on one speaker and show understanding and attentiveness
what is active listening?
A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include processing information about touch.
failure to take proper care in doing something.
What is negligence?
A disorder in which a person obsesses about their weight to the point that they restrict their diet.
What is anorexia nervosa?
The tendency for people to have an attachment to those who they believe have a similar attachment
What is reciprocal liking?
located at the rear of the brainstem; processes sensory input and coordinates movement
What is the cerebellum?
medicines that quickly fight inflammation in your body.
What are steriods?
A dependence on a medication or addictive substance, despite the harm it causes
What is substance abuse?
A form of coping that aim to change or disbelieve the essence of an event
The part of the temporal lobe that comprehends speech; the brain's "language comprehension centre"
What is Wernicke's area?
a theory that stresses the evolutionary basis of many aspects of parental behavior, including the extensive investment parents make in their offspring.
What is parental investment theory?
Any disorder in which a person loses contact with reality; people may see, hear, or believe that items are real when they are not.
What is psychosis?
What is appraised-focused coping?
The brain and spinal cord; the body's major processing system.
What is the central nervous system?
pioneer in operant conditioning; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history; worked with pigeons.
Who is B. F. Skinner?
A disorder in which a patient experiences extreme outbursts multiple times a week in various different settings
What is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder?
Shapes understanding and thoughts on mental and social health
What is the role of media?
a loss in brain function where the output of speech shows a decline and there is a loss of grammatical structure.
What is broca's aphasia?