Topics I struggle on

• Dopamine


  Movement, motivation, pleasure, and emotions.
• Seretonin


  Mood, appetite, sleep, and memory.
• Acetylcholine

  Muscle movement, memory, and autonomic nervous system regulation.
• Norepinephrine

  Alertness, attention, arousal, and stress response.
• GABA


  Helps calm down the brain, regulating anxiety and stress
• Glutumate

  Learning, memory, and synaptic plasticity
• GAS (Alarm)

  The body perceives a stressor and activates the "fight or flight" response, releasing stress hormones like adrenaline.
• GAS (Resistance)

  The body tries to adapt to the stressor, and physiological changes occur to cope with the ongoing stress.
• GAS (Exhaustion)

  When stress continues for a long time, the body gets tired and weak, making it easier to get sick or feel overwhelmed.
• James-Lang Theory

  We feel emotions because we experience bodily responses first. For example, we feel afraid because we tremble, rather than trembling because we feel afraid.
• Cannon-Bard Theory


  Emotions and bodily responses happen together, rather than one causing the other. You watch a scary movie and your heart rate increases at the same time as you experiencing fear.
• Schater Two Factor (Cognitive Appraisal)


  This perspective says that emotions happen when our bodies feel a certain way and our brains make sense of it. So, we feel emotions based on how we interpret why our bodies are reacting in a specific situation.
• Lazarus Cognitive-Mediational Theory


  This idea says that how we feel about something depends on how we think about it. So, our emotions come from how we judge or understand a situation based on what we believe, what we care about, and what we've been through before.
• Openess


  How open-minded, imaginative, and adventurous someone is.
• Conscientness


  How organized, responsible, and diligent a person tends to be
• Extraversion


  How outgoing, sociable, and energetic someone is
• Agreeableness


  How kind, cooperative, and empathetic a person is
• Neuroticism (Emotional Stability)


  How prone someone is to experiencing negative emotions like anxiety, sadness, or anger
• Rorschach Inkblot Test

  a projective psychological test consisting of 10 inkblots printed on cards (five in black and white, five in color) designed to measure thought disorder for the purpose of identifying mental disorders.
• ego

  This is like the grown-up in your mind. It tries to balance what you want with what's realistic and acceptable. It's the voice that says, "You can't have that cookie right now, but you can have it after dinner."
• id

  Think of it like a wild child inside you, always wanting immediate satisfaction, like a toddler throwing a tantrum for what it wants right now.
• superego

  Imagine it as your conscience, shaped by rules and morals from society and your upbringing. It's the part that makes you feel guilty when you do something wrong and proud when you do something right.