The Best Offense is the Best Defense
A defense mechanism where one denies an event from happening.
What is denial?
A lack of this causes Parkinson's Disease or uncontrollable tremors.
What is Dopamine?
This school pf psychology focuses on the human potential for growth.
What is humanism?
This form of memory involves identifying previously learned information.
What is recall?
The tendency for internal systems to maintain balance.
What is homeostasis?
A defense mechanism where one convinces themselves that an event or behavior is good or acceptable.
What is rationalization?
This neurotransmitter affects mood, anxiety, hunger, eating disorder, sleep, and arousal.
What is serotonin?
This school pf psychology was endorsed by Freud, and focused on unconscious thoughts, and desires.
What is psychoanalytic psychology?
Memory tricks to help one make information easier to remember.
What are mnemonics?
This is the 'master gland' of hormones.
What is the pituitary gland?
A mechanism where one blocks out memories of painful experiences that cause anxiety.
this enables memory, muscle action, and learning.
What is ACh?
This school pf psychology advocates for studying observable behavior.
What is behaviorism?
This type of interference occurs when previously learned information blocks new information.
What is proactive interference?
This hormone excites you and gets you ready for action.
What is epinephrine?
A mechanism where one attributes their own bad qualities to others.
What is projection?
This is not found in great amounts in the brain and can also be a hormone as will as neurotransmitter.
What is epinephrine or adrenaline?
This approach believes that internal mental processes are integral to understand behavior.
What is cognitive psychology?
The theory that information acquired in certain state of mind is more easily recalled when in that same state.
What is state - dependent memory?
This hormone is used to lover blood sugar levels.
A defense mechanism where one turns unacceptable impulse into socially acceptable activities like working out when angry.
What is sublimation?
There are found together in the spinal cord, sensory nerves, can help deal with pain, and promote healing.
what is substance P and endorphins?
This school pf psychology became antiquated after it was found people could not be objective in their introspection.
What is structuralism?
This curve models the speed at which we forget new information.
What is the Ebbinghaus curve?
This part of your body produces hormones that regulate metabolism.
What are the thyroids?