Ap psych unit 1 vocab6/11/2023 Different types work by altering the availability of various neurotransmitters antipsychotic drugs drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder antisocial personality disorder a personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong-doing, even toward friends and family members. Contrasts with the usually speedier - but also more error-prone - use of heuristics alpha waves relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state altruism unselfish regard for the welfare of others amnesia the loss of memory amphetamines drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded-up functions and associated energy and mood changes amygdala two lima bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system, linked to emotion anorexia nervosa an eating disorder in which a person diets and becomes significantly (15 percent or more) underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve antianxiety drugs drugs used to control anxiety and agitation antidepressant drugs drugs used to treat depression also increasingly prescribed for anxiety. Adolescence the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence adrenal glands a pair of endocrine glands that sit just above the kidneys and secrete hormones (epinephrine and norepinephrine) that help arouse the body in times of stress aerobic exercise sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness may also alleviate depression and anxiety aggression physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone algorithm a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem.
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