Vocabulary

• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• instance: An example of something; case
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• shift: To change in position or direction
• rage: Strong or violent anger
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• melatonin: Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
• evoke: To bring forth a certain feeling or memory
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• testosterone: Natural chemical responsible for the male sex
• enzyme: A protein made by cells
• aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• stimulation: Arousal of interest or emotions
• hypothalamus: Basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• hydraulic: Of a system operated by water or other liquids
• propensity: Natural tendency to behave in a particular way
• sauna: Room in which hot steam is used to clean the body
• supplementation: Process of adding an extra part to something