Across
- 4. _________ approach; an approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the client's problems, uses techniques from various forms of therapy
- 7. sleep _______ is a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings
- 10. the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives
- 12. ________ neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so (in the frontal lobe)
- 13. ___________ processing; encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
- 15. ________ theory in hearing, the theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated
- 16. _______ listening is empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies
- 17. the loss of memory
- 18. retinal receptors that detect black, white, and grey; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision
- 20. __________ cues are depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes
- 21. ____________ desensitization; a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli
- 22. _________ love is the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined
- 24. the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
- 25. ________ exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety
- 27. a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently
- 29. the diminishing of a conditioned response
- 30. a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
- 32. a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks
- 34. a completely involved, focused state of consciousness
Down
- 1. below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness
- 2. a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses
- 3. our sense of self
- 5. _________ perseverance is clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
- 6. a testable prediction
- 8. _______ area; controls language expression - an area, usually in the left frontal lobe
- 9. psychoanalytic defense mechanism by which people disguise their own threatening impulses by attributing them to others
- 11. the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test or on retesting
- 14. __________ conditioning; a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer and diminished if followed by a punishment
- 19. in psychoanalysis, the patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships
- 23. the distance from the peak of one light or sound wave to the peak of the next
- 26. a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people
- 28. the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language
- 31. the extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands
- 33. retinal receptor cells that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function in daylight or in well-lit conditions