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general adaption syndrome (GAS)
Psychology; General psychology
The pattern of nonspecific adaptational physiological mechanisms that occurs in response to continuing threat by almost any serious stressor.
stress
Psychology; General psychology
The pattern of specific and nonspecific responses an organism makes to stimulus events that disturb its equilibrium and tax or exceed its ability to cope.
Non-REM (NREM) sleep
Psychology; General psychology
The period during which a sleeper does not show rapid eye movement; characterized by less dream activity than REM sleep.
refractory period
Psychology; General psychology
The period of rest during which a new nerve impulse cannot be activated in a segment of an axon.
functionalism
Psychology; General psychology
The perspective on mind and behavior that focuses on the examination of their functions in an organism's interactions with the environment.
cognitive perspective
Psychology; General psychology
The perspective on psychology that stresses human thought and the processes of knowing, such as attending, thinking, remembering, expecting, solving problems, fantasizing, and consciousness.
transfer-appropriate processing
Psychology; General psychology
The perspective that suggests that memory is best when the type of processing carried out at encoding matches the processes carried out at retrieval.