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    usual and they have unsure in their speech. A liar wills often too much information creates like a story. A liar will subconsciously point their feet towards the exit. Neural indicators of lying are relating or locating a nerve or the nervous system. Amygdala is a nerve where processes the emotional significance of stimuli and generates immediate emotional and behavioral reactions. It is involved in the perception of social stimuli. Also enables us to assess people’s faces for trustworthiness. When people

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    Drugs: Addiction and Quitting Leigh Jenner Psychology 355 April 4‚ 2011 Stephen Northam Everyone knows they should get or stay healthy. For most people getting healthy means eating a little less‚ exercising a little more‚ or abstaining from smoking and drinking. However‚ for those who have a problem with drugs—as well as alcohol—getting healthy is literally a matter of life and death. The problem with drugs and alcohol is that there are more factors than just a nice feeling. There are‚ in more

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    Chapter 4 Study Guide 1. What are the two main functions of the sympathetic nervous system? (A) Activating system that arouses the body‚ mobilizing its energy in stressful situations – fight/flight (B) Regulates strong emotional reactions 2. What are the two main functions of the parasympathetic NS? “Rest and Digest‚” Calming system that conserves energy. 3. How do the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work together (what are some images and metaphors used to describe them)?

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    Informative Speech Outline Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the science behind zombies and the “zombie virus” as well as provide information on how to survive after an outbreak of this virus. Central Idea: Through science and expert advice we can observe why zombies act the way that they do and what can be done to cause it intentionally‚ prevent it‚ or even create it. Introduction I. Play trailer for National Geographic’s “The Truth About Zombies” II. The NatGeo

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    that indicate what an animal is likely to do next. 9. __c___ Different emotional stimuli induce different patterns of ANS activity and that these different patterns produce different emotional experiences 10. __d___ Key structures include: the amygdala‚ mammillary body‚ hippocampus‚ fornix‚ cortex of the cingulate gyrus‚ septum‚ olfactory bulb‚ and hypothalamus 11. ___a__ Is largely on the basis of anecdotal evidence. 12. ___d__ Emotion-Inducing sensory stimuli are received and interpreted

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    Introductory Psychology Exam #1 Study Guide Chapter 1: Science of Psychology Know the definition of psychology -The science of behavior and mental processes. What 2 Greek roots define Psychology -Psyche is “mind” and Logos is “study” or “knowledge”. Identify the different perspectives describing psychology -The Behavioral Perspective: focuses on observable behavior and the important role of learning in behavior‚ aka Behaviorism. -The Psychodynamic Perspective: The view

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    making the experience more intense and increasing the likelihood that the event is encoded as a memory. Emotion tends to increase attention‚ and the emotional element of an event is processed on an unconscious pathway in the brain leading to the amygdala. Only then are the actual sensations derived from an event processed. Consolidation is the processes of stabilizing a memory trace after the initial acquisition. It may perhaps be thought of part of the process of encoding or of storage‚ or it

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    Psychopathy Psychopathy is a personality disorder that affect a person’s social skills in a very dangerous way. The world has coined the term ‘Psychopath’ to refer to those who suffer it. Psychopaths have affected the world in many ways. Sadly‚ few of these “ways” were positive. I wish to take a deeper look at Psychopathy by looking at what psychopathy really is‚ the definition of empathy‚ famous psychopaths and what they were capable of‚ the biology of a psychopath’s brain‚ and how they’re dramatized

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    Zitian Li Instructor Jimenez English 101 12 Dec 2010 The differences between the men and women’s behaviors are innate As time goes by‚ the toys have changed a lot. Today‚ toys are not only children’s playthings but the epitome of today’s society in that different people choose different toys for many purposes. Just as Barthes says in “Toys”‚ “All the toys one commonly sees are essentially a microcosm of the adult world”(53). In other words‚ toys are reduced objects of us. Different children

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    The Biology of Mind Neuron Communication Neuron is a nerve cell‚ basic building block our nerve system Neurons consists in: Dendrites : neurons bushy branches and it listens Axons: Tube that passes the messages and it speaks – transmit Action potential : is a neural impulse‚ brief electrical charge that travels down an axon. Threshold: is the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse Myelin Sheath covers an axon and some neurons Synapse : is the junction

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