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Mood, sleep, eating, dreaming
What is Serotonin?
Acquisition of behavior by watching others
What is Observational Learning?
Causes increased arousal
What are Stimulants?
Major depressive disorder with a seasonal onset
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Area associated with fear and aggression
What is Acetylcholine?
The process of becoming used to a stimulus
What is habituation?
What are Hallucinogens?
Constant disproportionate and persistent worry
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Cortex in the temporal lobe associated with sound processing
What is the Auditory Cortex?
Brain 'stabilization'
What is GABA?
A form of associative learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus, such that neutral stimulus alone produces same response as the unconditioned response
This drug has features of depressants, stimulants, and even hallucinogens
What is Marijuana?
Contains at least one hypomanic episode and at least one major depressive episode
What is Bipolar II Disorder?
Part of the forebrain that acts as the relay station for sensory information
What is the Thalamus?
fight or flight responses, wakefulness, alertness
What is epinephrine and norepinephrine?
Occurs when a second stimulus intervenes, causing a resensitization to the original stimulus
What is Dishabituation?
Gives sense of relaxtion and reduced anxiety
Feelings of detachment from the mind or body, or environment
What is Depersonalization Disorder?
Area of the brain containing the inferior and superior colliculi
What is the midbrain?
Natural painkillers
Endorphins
A form of associative learning in which the frequency of a behavior is modified using reinforcement or punishment.
What is Operant Conditioning?
Unexplained symptoms affect motor or sensory functions
What is Conversion Disorder?
Smoothens movements and helps maintain postural stability
What is the Basal Ganglia?