The Brain Game
This part of the brain controls basic life functions like heartbeat and breathing.
The medulla
This sleep disorder causes people to fall asleep suddenly, sometimes during activities.
Narcolepsy
The type of thinking that generates many possible solutions to a single problem.
Divergent thinking
A study that observes subjects in their natural environment without interference.
Naturalistic observation
The term for a treatment approach that combines cognitive and behavioral strategies.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy
This brain structure connects the two hemispheres and allows communication between them.
Corpus Callosum
The natural, roughly 24-hour cycle that regulates sleep and wakefulness.
Circadian rhythm
A mental shortcut that allows people to solve problems quickly and efficiently.
Heuristic
This research method allows you to determine cause and effect relationships.
Experiment
A biological treatment for severe depression that uses electrical currents to the brain.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
The "reward center" of the brain is closely associated with this neurotransmitter.
Dopamine
This stage of sleep is known for vivid dreams and "paradoxical" brain activity.
REM sleep
The error of clinging to initial beliefs even after they have been discredited.
Belief perseverance
The factor in an experiment that is manipulated by the researcher.
Independent variable
This type of learning-based therapy gradually opens clients to feared situations.
Exposure therapy
The loss of function in this brain lobe would most affect your ability to make decisions and plan for the future.
Frontal Lobe
The theory that dreams help combine and store memories from the day.
Consolidation theory
Trying to solve a problem the same old way, even when a new way might work better, shows this cognitive bias.
Mental Set
A non-experimental method that looks at how two variables are related, but cannot show causation.
Correlational study
A therapy technique where a client says whatever comes to mind without censorship.
Free association
Damage to this area can result in difficulty producing speech, known as expressive aphasia.
Broca's Area
The term for the body spending more time in REM sleep after a period of deprivation.
REM rebound
The heuristic where people judge how likely something is based on how easily examples come to mind.
Availability heuristic
When neither the participants nor the researchers know who is in the control or experimental group.
Double-blind procedure
This type of therapy focuses on unconscious processes and childhood experiences.
Psychodynamic therapy