Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

particular muscles (Module 9).

biological and evolutionary approaches to per-
sonality
Theories that suggest that important 
components of personality are inherited 
(Module 41).

biomedical therapy

 
Therapy that relies on 
drugs and other medical procedures to improve 
psychological functioning (Module 49).

bipolar disorder

 
A disorder in which a person 
alternates between periods of euphoric feelings 
of mania and periods of depression (Module 47).

bisexuals

 
Persons who are sexually attracted 
to people of the same sex and the other sex 
(Module 34).

borderline personality disorder

 
A disorder in 
which individuals have diffi culty developing a 
secure sense of who they are (Module 47).

bottom-up processing

 
Perception that consists 
of the progression of recognizing and process-
ing information from individual components of 
a stimuli and moving to the perception of the 
whole (Module 13).

bulimia

 
A disorder in which a person binges 
on large quantities of food, followed by efforts 
to purge the food through vomiting or other 
means (Module 30).

Cannon-Bard theory of emotion

 
The belief 
that both physiological arousal and emotional 
experience are produced simultaneously by the 
same nerve stimulus (Module 31).

case study

 
An in-depth, intensive investigation 
of an individual or small group of people 
(Module 5).

cataclysmic events

 
Strong stressors that occur 
suddenly and typically affect many people at 
once (e.g., natural disasters) (Module 43).