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In neuroscience, the reward system is a collection of brain structures and neural pathways that are responsible for reward-related cognition, including associative learning (primarily classical conditioning and operant reinforcement), incentive salience (i.e., motivation and "wanting", desire, or craving for a reward), and positively-valenced emotions, particularly emotions that involve ...
Generalized anxiety disorder ( GAD) is a mental and behavioral disorder, [ 5] specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about events or activities. [ 6] Worry often interferes with daily functioning, and individuals with GAD are often overly concerned about everyday matters such as ...
Freud believed that people could be cured by making their unconscious a conscious thought and motivations, and by that gaining "insight". The aim of psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions and experiences, i.e. make the unconscious conscious. Psychoanalysis is commonly used to treat depression and anxiety disorders.
Appraisal theory. Appraisal theory is the theory in psychology that emotions are extracted from our evaluations (appraisals or estimates) of events that cause specific reactions in different people. Essentially, our appraisal of a situation causes an emotional, or affective, response that is going to be based on that appraisal. [ 1]
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear [ 2] such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired. [ 2] Anxiety may cause physical and cognitive symptoms, such as restlessness, irritability, easy fatigue, difficulty ...
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by exaggerated feelings of anxiety and fear responses. [ 7] Anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is a reaction to current events. These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a fast heart rate and shakiness.
Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi was born on 29 September 1934 in Fiume, [ 4] now known as Rijeka, [ 5] then part of the Kingdom of Italy. His family name derives from the village of Csíkszentmihály in Transylvania. [ 6] He was the third son of a career diplomat at the Hungarian Consulate in Fiume. [ 5][ 7] In 1944, when Csikszentmihalyi was ...
Maladjustment is a term used in psychology to refer the "inability to react successfully and satisfactorily to the demand of one's environment". [1] The term maladjustment can be refer to a wide range of social, biological and psychological conditions. [2] Maladjustment can be both intrinsic or extrinsic.