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multidimensional integrative approach
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includes biological dimensions, psychological (behavioral, cognitive, social) dimensions, emotional influences, and developmental influences
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diathesis-stress model
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individuals inherit tendencies to express certain traits or behaviors, which may then be activated under conditions of stress
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diathesis
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inherited tendency; a condition that makes someone susceptible to developing a disorder; vulnerability
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reciprocal gene-environment model (or gene-environment correlation model)
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genetic endowment may increase the probability that an individual will experience stressful life events
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nongenomic "inheritance" of behavior
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effect of environment on behaviors
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hypothalamus
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top of brain stem, involved in broadly regulating behavior and emotion, relay between bore brain and remaining lower areas of the brain stem
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amygdala (limbic system)
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- part of the LIMBIC SYSTEM
- controls emotional reactions, such as fear and anger |
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hippocampus (limbic system)
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- part of the LIMBIC SYSTEM
- thought to be involved in memory by the encoding of new information |
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limbic system
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helps regulate our emotional experiences and expressions and, to some extent, out ability to learn and to control our impulses; also involved with basic drives or sex, aggression, hunger, and thirst
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sympathetic vs. parasympathetic
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sections of autonomic, sympathetic arouses, parasympathetic normalizes
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dopamine
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too much related to schizophrenia, more general effect of turning on various brain circuits associated with certain types of behavior; associated with exploratory, outgoing, pleasure-seeking behaviors
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norepinephrine
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stimulates receptors (beta-blockers stop, decrease heart rate); increases heart rate, related to emergency reactions and alarm responses, panic, more general
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serotonin
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regulates behavior, moods, and thought processes; low levels related to many psych. problems (ex. depression, aggression, etc.)
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GABA
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inhibiting neurotransmitter; reduces anxiety
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glutamate
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excitatory transmitter that "turns on" many different neurons, leading to action
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cognitive science
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concerned with hoe we acquire and process information and how we store and retrieve it
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prepared learning
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evolutionally prepared to learn certain things (ex. to fear snakes rather than cars)
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emotion
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subjective feeling, motivation for behavior
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mood
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more persistent period of affect or emotionality
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components of emotion
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1. emotion and behavior
2. cognitive aspects of emotion 3. physiology of emotion |
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equifinality
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developmental psychology, must consider number of paths to a given outcome
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