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functionalism,  | is a gerneral approach that views the brains life anfd behavior in terms of active adaptation to the subjects enviroment,  |
psychiatry,  | this is the scientific/ technical study and use of psychology for helping people with problems based within their brain and psychology,  |
hypothesis,  | is essentially a random intelligent/educated guess/assumption for a phenomenon,  |
hallucinogens,  | distort perceptions, evoke sensory images when in the absense of sensory stimulation,  |
psychological dependance,  | psychological need for a drug,  |
| incentive | any enviromental stimulus that motivates behavior |
anorexia nervosa,  | a disorder where the person becomes significantly underweight and still feels fat and is obsessed with losing weight,  |
group polarization,  | people seek out friends with similar attitudes,  |
altruism,  | unselfish regard for others,  |
passionate love,  | period of intense arousal and complete absorbtion in the other person,  |
heuristic,  | mental shortcuts. using a rule of thumb strategy to find a solution. much faster but more prone to mistakes,  |
down syndrome,  | a condition of retardation and associated physical disorders caused by an extra chromosome in the genetic makeup,  |
shaping,  | reinforce successive behaviors and gradually guide the animals behaviors towards the desired behavior,  |
flashbulb memory,  | clear memory of emotional significant moment/event,  |
chunking,  | organizing items into farmiliar manageable units,  |
hippocampus,  | neural center located in the limbic system that helps process memories for storage,  |
endorphins,  | bodies natural pain killer,  |
thalamus,  | sensory impute except smell,  |
brocas area,  | controls speaking,  |
sensation,  | provides raw information,  |
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