A neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several maintenance activities (eating drinking, body temperature), helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward.
SET POINT
The point at which your "weight thermostat" is supposedly set. When you body falls below, increased hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may combine to restore the lost weight.
PERSONALITY
An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.
HOMEOSTASIS
A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose around a particular level.
SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations.
PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
The division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy.
UNCONSCIOUS
According to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware.
ADAPTION-LEVEL PHENOMENON
Our tendency to form judgments 9of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience.
PSYCHOANALYSIS
1.Sigmund Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts.
2.Freud's therapeutic technique used in treating psychological disorders.
FACIAL FEEDBACK EFFECT
The tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings, such as fear, anger, or happiness.
