Neurons
The part of the neuron which receives information.
What are dendrites?
An approach to Psychology influenced by Charles Darwin.
What is Evolutionary?
If you are feeling sad, you might need more of this.
What is serotonin?
Sometimes it is referred to as the love hormone.
What is oxytocin?
This lobe of your brain is developing a lot right now since you are a teenager.
What is the frontal lobe?
The space between two neurons.
What is synapse or synaptic gap?
What is the biological approach?
Your body's natural pain killer.
What are endorphins?
This tells you when you've had enough to eat.
What is leptin?
The part of your brain in control of producing speech.
What is Broca's Area?
A resting pause between neural firing, it lasts a fraction of a second.
What is the refractory period?
This approach uses terms like encoding, storing, and retrieving when describing your memory.
What is the cognitive approach?
Too little of this neurotransmitter is related to Parkinson's Disease.
Dopamine
Both a neurotransmitter and a hormone; it might make you stronger for a moment of need.
This part of your brain keeps everything in a state of homeostasis.
What is the hypothalamus?
This is when neurotransmitters are reabsorbed by the sending neuron.
What is reuptake?
This approach observes all areas so you can be your best self.
What is humanistic?
An undersupply of this neurotransmitter is linked to seizures.
What is GABA?
The body's system which regulates hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
The four F words that are connected with your amygdala. (Keep this clean!)
What are fight, flight, freeze, and faint.
The "worker bees" of neurons; these "buzz" with brain activity.
What are glial cells?
The person associated with the Psychoanalytic Perspective.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Studies have shown, when this neurotransmitter is blocked, subjects have a difficult time remembering.
What is ACh?
The small gland in your brain often called the "master gland" because of it being the most influential of the endocrine system.
What is the pituitary gland?
A small gland in your brain responsible for sending melatonin.
What is the pineal gland?