is for Afferent Neurons

Afferent Neurons are sensory neurons that go from body to brain.

Ex: A pain after hitting your elbow.

is for Bulimia Nervosa

An eating disorder characterized by overeating followed by forcing elimination through vomiting, laxative, over exercising or fasting.

Ex: Eating more than you need and then making yourself vomit.

is for Cannon-Bard Theory

A physiological response and emotional experience happening at the same time.

Ex: When you see a spider your heart speeds up because of fear.

is for Dopamine

A neuron that has the function of motor movement.

Ex: The lack of dopamine can cause diseases such as Parkinson.

is for Emotions

The response of an organism that involves psychological arousal, behavior, and conscious experience.

Ex: fear, joy, anger

is for Fluid Intelligence

Intelligence that you were born with that allows you to reason and think.

Ex: Problem solving

is for Gender Identity

The gender a person identifies with is based on how society views the gender and whether it is punished or rewarded.

is for Howard Gardner

A developmental psychologist that had the theory of multiple intelligence. The eight multiple intelligences are logical-mathematics, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, linguistic, musical, interpersonal, naturalistic.

is for Introverted

People with this personality trait typically like to work alone and like to focus on one task at a time.

Ex: When a student is given the choice of working alone or in a group they would work alone.

is for Judger

People with this personality trait typically like to make plans, be organized, and follow and make rules.

Ex: When working on a project they would plan all the events out and follow the plans strictly.

is for Kagan, Jerome

Kagan had the theory that the autonomic nervous system influences our temperament and behavior, which defines our personality.

is for LSD

A hallucinogenic drug that mimics serotonin and can create a near death experience when taken.

is for Myelin Sheath

It covers the axon, the longest part of a neuron and allows the axon impulses to quicken.

Ex: Diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis eat away at the myelin sheath.

is for Nome Chomesky

He discovered that humans are born with the ability to learn language as a child.

is for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Continuous, unwanted thoughts that cause you to engage in a particular action because you feel the need to do so.

Ex: Needing to do everything three times.

is for Pupil

Where light enters the eye and the size of the pupil is controlled by the iris.

Ex: When there is a lot of light the iris shrinks the pupil and when there is little light the iris opens the pupil.