1510 cards
____ coping involves searching for meaning in adversity and drawing on values, beliefs, and goals to modify the meaning given to and person…
Meaning-focused coping involves searching for meaning in a____ to modify the meaning given to and personal response to a stressful situatio…
Meaning-focused coping involves searching for meaning in adversity and drawing on values, beliefs, and goals to ____.
____ refers to the coping responses of minority groups in an attempt to fit into the dominant culture.
Low-effort syndrome or low-effort coping refers to ____.
The ____ regulates basic survival functions , such as breathing, moving, resting, feeding, emotions, and memory.
The ____ receives information from the sensory systems, the spinal cord, and other parts of the brain and then regulates motor movements .
The cerebellum receives information from the sensory systems, the spinal cord, and other parts of the brain and then regulates ____.
The ____ controls the flow of messages between the brain and the rest of the body, and it also controls basic body functions such as breath…
The brainstem controls the flow of messages between the brain and the rest of the body, and it also controls ____.
The ____ is a portion of the brain that is located in the central core of the brain stem . Its functions include motor control, sensory con…
The reticular formation is a portion of the brain that is located in the ____. Its functions include motor control, sensory control, viscer…
The reticular formation is a portion of the brain that is located in the central core of the brain stem . Its functions include ____.
____ arise from the brain and are distributed in the head, neck, and facial regions areas.
____ arise from the spinal cord and are distributed in the other parts of the body such as the skin, skeletal muscles, and blood vessels.
The ____ is a major structure in the upper part of your brainstem. It regulates waking and relaxing .
The pons is a major structure in the ____. It regulates waking and relaxing .
The pons is a major structure in the upper part of your brainstem. It regulates ____.
____ is a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits
Phrenology is a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of ____
People with brain lesions are often the subjects of research with the goal of establishing the function of the area where their lesion occu…
A ____ makes use of computer-processed combinations of many X-ray measurements taken from different angles to produce cross-sectional image…
____ uses strong magnetic fields , magnetic field gradients, and radio waves to generate images of the organs in the body.
A/an ____ is a test that detects electrical activity in your brain using small, metal discs (electrodes) attached to your scalp.
A/an electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that detects ____ in your brain using small, metal discs (electrodes) attached to your scalp.
____ measures the small changes in blood flow that occur with brain activity.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures the ____ that occur with brain activity.
____ scan is an imaging test that helps reveal how your tissues and organs are functioning .
Positron emission tomography (PET) scan is an imaging test that helps reveal ____.
____ are learned and from experience with a person’s environment.
Acquired traits are ____.
____ refers to personality traits that determine how someone reacts to the world
____ is the unique combination of patterns that influence behavior, thought, motivation, and emotion in a human being
Twin studies are studies conducted on identical or fraternal twins with the aim of revealing the importance of ____ influences for traits,…
____ is the term used to describe inheritance by mechanisms other than through the DNA sequence of genes
____ is the scientific and objective study of behaviour , usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour…
____ is the study of animals in order to find out about humans
____ behaviors do not have to be learned or practiced. An animal can perform the behavior the first time it is exposed to the proper stimul…
A/an ____ is a sequence of innate coordinated movements performed without interruption. Similar to a reflex, but more complicated
____ is behavior that is not observable
____ is a state of lacking any motivation to engage in an activity
The sexual response cycle has four phases:____
____ is related to sexual gratification and is associated with relieving sexual arousal after an orgasm
____ produce feelings of euphoria and pleasure, and are released post-orgasm
____ is released after an orgasm to facilitate bonds and feelings of connectedness between sexual partners
The ____ states that we consider our implications of our actions before we decide on how to behave. The best predictor of our behavior is t…
The ____ states that behaviors stem from individuals' perceptions of an attitude object and a situation in which the attitude object is enc…
The ____ assumes that the evaluation (attractiveness or unattractiveness) of the risk prototype shapes willingness to engage in the behavior
The ____ is when a small request is initially made in order to get a person to later agree to a bigger request
____ is people's tendency to attribute a greater value (greater than the objective value) to an outcome if they had to put effort into acqu…
When you say "no" to a large demand, only to subsequently agree to a smaller demand , this is called the ____
____ is the mental discomfort experienced by a person who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values
There are four things we do to reduce cognitive dissonance:____
The s____tates that different situations demand different behavioral approaches
____ studies how people act, think, and feel in the context of society
____ is a psychological defense mechanism in which individuals attribute characteristics they find unacceptable in themselves to another pe…
____ is a kind of psychological defense mechanism in which a person perceives their true feelings or desires to be socially unacceptable ,…
____ is a defense mechanism in which we perform behaviors that as if we were at a much younger stage in our lives
____ is a mature type of defense mechanism, in which socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptab…
A ____, also called parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that occurs due to the interference of an unconscious sub…