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emotional behavior
emotional behavior for physiological psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) | a serotonin metabolite |
| ACTH | See Adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| Amyloid-_ (or _-amyloid) | protein that accumulates to higher than normal levels in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease |
| Antibody | Y-shaped protein that fits onto an antigen and weakens it or marks it for destruction |
| Antigen | protein on the surface of a microorganism in response to which the immune system generates antibodies |
| Behavioral Activation System (BAS) | brain system associated with low to moderate arousal and a tendency to approach |
| Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) | brain system associated with increased attention and arousal and inhibited action |
| Behavioral medicine | field that includes the influence of eating and drinking habits, smoking, stress, exercise, and other behavioral variables on health |
| Benzodiazepines | class of widely used antianxiety drugs |
| Cortisol | hormone released by the adrenal cortex that elevates blood sugar and enhances metabolism |
| Cytokines | chemicals released by the immune system that attack infections and communicate with the brain to elicit anti-illness behaviors |
| Diazepam-binding inhibitor (DBI) | brain protein that blocks the behavioral effects of diazepam and other benzodiazepines |
| Endozepine | brain protein that counteracts the effects of benzodiazepines |
| GABAA receptor complex | structure that includes a site that binds GABA, as well as sites that bind other chemicals that modify the sensitivity of the GABA site |
| General adaptation syndrome | generalized response to any kind of stress |
| HPA axis | hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal cortex |
| Immune system | set of structures that protects the body against viruses and bacteria |
| James-Lange theory | proposal that an event first provokes autonomic and skeletal responses and that emotion is the perception of those responses |
| Leukocyte | white blood cell; a component of the immune system |
| Limbic system | set of forebrain areas regarded as critical for emotion, which form a border around the brainstem, including the olfactory bulb, hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, cingulate gyrus of the cerebral cortex, and several other smaller structures |
| Panic attack | period marked by extreme sympathetic nervous system arousal |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | condition resulting from a severe traumatic experience, leading to flashbacks and nightmares about the traumatic event, avoidance of reminders of it, and exaggerated arousal in response to noises and other stimuli |
| Psychoneuroimmunology | study of the ways in which experiences, especially stressful ones, alter the immune system and how the immune system in turn influences the central nervous system |
| Pure autonomic failure | condition in which output from the autonomic nervous system to the body fails |
| Startle reflex | response that one makes after a sudden, unexpected loud noise or similar sudden stimulus |
| Stress | nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it |
| Turnover | release and resynthesis of a neurotransmitter |
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