frontal lobe? no, its digiorno
part of the brain involved with aggression and fear
what is the amygdala?
the neurotransmitter that influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
what is dopamine?
reoccurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur
what is REM sleep?
a testable prediction often implicated by a theory
whats is hypothesis?
Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts
what is psychoanalysis?
the part in the back of the brain that deals with vision
what is the occipital lobe?
the sending neuron reabsorbing excess neurotransmitters molecules
what is reuptake?
the biological clock, regular bodily rhythms that occur in a 24 hour cycle
what is circadian rhythm?
an observation technique in which one person is studied, in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles. expensive
what is case study?
according to the psychoanalytic theory, parts of the unconscious mind
what are superego, and ID?
connects hemispheres of the brain
what is the reticular formation?
natural opiate like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and pleasure
what are endorphines?
deep sleep characterized by this type of brain wave
what is delta wave?
an experimental procedure in which both the research participants and staff are ignorant about whether the participants have researched the treatment or the placebo
what is double blind procedure?
psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which the ego unconsciously switches unacceptable impulses into their opposites. thus, people may express feelings that are the opposite of their anxiety-arousing unconscious feelings
What is reaction formation?
controls balance and coordination
what is the cerebellum?
enables muscle action, learning, and memory
what is acetylcholine (ACh)?
the most common sleep disorder
what is insomnia?
to detect natural occurring relationships. to assess how well one variable predicts another
what is correlational study?
The psychosexual stage in which the pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestuous feelings
What is the phallic stage?
part of the brain involved in higher thinking and is only present in humans
what is the ventrolateral frontal cortex?
under supply linked to seizures, tremors, and insomnia
what is GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)?
the slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
what are alpha waves?
weaknesses of this study sometimes are not feasible. results may not generalize to other contexts and its not ethical manipulate certain variables
what is experimental study?
According to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved
What is fixation?