Agression And Stress

Question 0

Intermale aggression

Answer 0

Aggression between males if the same species observed in most vertebrates

Question 1

Aggression

Answer 1

Behavior that is intended to cause pain or harm to others

Question 2

What is one factor that can influence fighting behavior?

Answer 2

Androgens such as testosterone

Question 3

Aggressive behavior and testosterone are the same in humans as in other animals. T or F

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What can confound the correlation of aggression and testosterone?

Answer 4

Experiences can affect testosterone levels, and tester one may be a result rather than a cause of aggression

Question 5

How does serotonin affect aggression?

Answer 5

Usually inhibits it

Question 6

What part of the brain is indicated in sudden violent attacks?

Answer 6

The temporal lobe

Question 7

Psychopath

Answer 7

An individual incapable of experiencing remorse. Linked to uncontrolled violent acts

Question 8

Stress

Answer 8

Any circumstance that upsets homeostatic balance

Question 9

Alarm reaction

Answer 9

The initial response to stress

Question 10

What happens during the alarm reaction?

Answer 10

Hypothalamus activates the sympathetic nervous system fight or flight.

Question 11

Adrenal medulla

Answer 11

Inner core of the adrenal gland, activated by sympathetic nervous system to release epinephrine and norepinephrine

Question 12

Adrenal cortex

Answer 12

The outer rind of the adrenal gland. Releases adrenal steroid hormones such as cortisol. Ready body for action.

Question 13

Adrenal steroid hormone

Answer 13

A steroid hormone that is secreted by the adrenal cortex

Question 14

Cortisol

Answer 14

A glucocorticoid stress hormone of the adrenal cortex that releases body stores of energy

Question 15

Adaptation stage

Answer 15

Second stage in stress response, including activation of the appropriate response and the reestbalishment of homeostatic balance

Question 16

Exhaustion stage

Answer 16

A stage that is caused by prolonged stress and is characterized by increased susceptibility to disease

Question 17

Stress immunization

Answer 17

The concept that mild stress early in life makes an individual better able to handle stress later in life

Question 18

Epigenetic regulation

Answer 18

Changes in gene expression that are due to environmental effects rather than to changes in the nucleotide sequence of the gene

Question 19

Psychosomatic medicine

Answer 19

A field of study that emphasizes the role of the psychological factors in disease

Question 20

Health psychology/behavioral medicine

Answer 20

Focuses on psychological influences on health related processes, such as why people become ill or how they remain healthy

Question 21

Psychoneuroimmunology

Answer 21

Study how the immune system interacts with the nervous system and behavior

Question 22

Why does stress suppress the immune system?

Answer 22

To save energy that would be consumed by the immune system, favored reactions to short term problems