Disorders
Characterized by refusing to eat and not maintaining weight
What is anorexia nervosa?
REM stand for
Stimulus or event that follows a response and increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated
What is reinforcement?
If an object is placed near a baby’s hand, the baby will strongly grip the object.
What is grasping reflex?
Maintains posture and balance
What is the cerebellum?
A sleep disorder in which a person has trouble breathing while asleep
What is sleep apnea?
A biological clock that is genetically programmed to regulate physiological responses within a time period of 24 hours
What is Circadian Rhythm?
Learning in which a certain action is reinforced or punished, resulting in corresponding increases or decreases in occurrence
What is operational conditioning?
Ceremonies or rituals in which an individual is admitted to new status or accepted into a new position
What is initiation rites?
The largest part of the brain
What is the cerebrum?
A disorder in which a person has 2 or more distinct personalities that emerge at random times
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
A form of altered consciousness in which a person becomes highly suggestible to changes in behavior and thought
What is hypnosis?
The person responsible for the discovery and development of classical conditioning
What is Ivan Pavlov?
Occurs when an infant’s central nervous system fails to learn how to turn a reflex, like breathing, into a voluntary action
What is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?
The lobe that primarily deals with vision
What is the occipital lobe?
A disorder characterized by manic and depressive phases
What is Bipolar Disorder?
A technique in which a person learns to control his or her internal physiological processes with the help of feedback
What is biofeedback?
The attempt to understand behavior in terms of relationships between observable stimuli and observable responses
What is behaviorism?
Ability to examine one’s own motives and thoughts
What is introspection?
The 3 parts of the brainstem
What is the pons, midbrain, and medulla oblongata?
A disorder characterized by constant thoughts and a series of actions intended to deal with those thoughts
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
Hypnosis that reduces pain
What is hypnotic analgesia?
The transforming of information so that the nervous system can process it; the first stage of memory formation
What is encoding?
The 5 stages of dealing with death and grief
What is denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance?
The part of the brain that controls hunger and thirst
What is the hypothalamus?