Altered States
This 24-hour biological clock regulates your sleep-wake cycle, heart rate, and body temperature.
What is the Circadian Rhythm?
These "big" skills, like walking and jumping, involve the use and control of large muscle groups.
What are Gross Motor Skills?
This neurotransmitter is the "reward chemical" of the brain and is heavily involved in both motivation and drug addiction.
What is Dopamine?
Name the four "D's" of Abnormal Behavior...
What is...
Deviance, Dysfunction, Distress, Danger
What phrase is tattooed on Mr. Marin's forearm?
What is Good luck, Bad luck, Who knows
During this specific stage of sleep, your brain activity mimics wakefulness, dreams occur, and your body enters a state of paralysis.
What is REM Sleep?
This parenting style balances high expectations with high warmth and is considered the most effective for building resilient children.
What is Authoritative (Democratic)?
This state of "optimal experience" occurs when your skill level perfectly matches the difficulty of the task at hand.
What is Flow State?
This classification includes disorders that often exhibit depressive lows and manic highs...
What is Mood Disorders
Which hormone releases in the human body during both stressful moments, and positive ones in which we connect with others?
What is Oxytocin
This neurotransmitter "hijacks" the reward system during drug use.
What is the Dopamine?
During this brain development stage, the brain creates a massive surplus of "Grey Matter" to prepare for learning.
What is Overproduction?
This fatty substance coats axons during brain development, creating "White Matter" and speeding up neural communication.
What is Myelin?
When considering the Spectrum of Maladaptive Behavior, how would you label a behavior that may be influenced by culture, personality quirks, etc.?
What is Grey Area
This basketball player is 6 feet, 7 inches, and was referenced in a Skrilla song, which influenced the 6-7 trend.
What is LaMelo Ball
Regular meditation is shown to physically shrink this "fear center" of the brain, leading to reduced stress and anxiety.
What is the Amygdala?
This "use it or lose it" process involves the brain specializing by getting rid of unused neural connections.
What is Pruning?
In meditation, regular practice helps quiet this brain network, which is responsible for "mind-wandering" and self-focused worry.
What is the Default Mode Network (DMN)?
Mental health is a commitment to ___________ at all costs.
What is Reality
During the Northeast Blackout of 2003, Detroit's water pump system lost power, leaving any area connected to their water supply, in a shortage.
Romeo was unaffected...what water system does Romeo rely on for their water supply?
What is Municipal wells/groundwater system.
This therapeutic technique uses sensors like EEGs or Thermistors to help people gain voluntary control over involuntary body functions.
What is Biofeedback?
A child who understands that their friend might be sad even if they are happy has developed this psychological milestone.
What is Theory of Mind?
This part of the brain—responsible for logic and impulse control—is the last to fully develop, often not finishing until the mid-20s.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
PTSD and Adjustment disorders fall under this main classification.
What is Trauma & Stressor Related
Transient Hypofrontality is when a part of the brain (the PFC) quiets down during the experience of this altered state...
What is Flow State