ability to take the perspective of others and to feel concern for others

mental picture of the layout of the environment

study of cognitions, or thoughts, and their relationship to experiences and actions

field of psychology dedicated to studying every aspect of how people think

set of behaviors that are performed the same way each time; also referred to as an event schema

psychotherapy that focuses on cognitive processes and problem behaviors that is sometimes used to treat sleep disorders such as insomnia

our emotions are determined by our appraisal of the stimulus

theoretical repository of information shared by all people across cultures, as described by Carl Jung

common psychological tendencies that have been passed down from one generation to the next

physiological arousal, psychological appraisal, and subjective experience

imaging technique in which a computer coordinates and integrates multiple x-rays of a given area

category or grouping of linguistic information, objects, ideas, or life experiences

when a sperm fertilizes an egg and forms a zygote

third stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development; from about 7 to 11 years old, children can think logically about real (concrete) events

response caused by the conditioned stimulus