Unit 1 vocab Fears and Phobias

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Fumes from cooking can activate the alarm. What does activate mean?

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To activate something means to cause it to start working.

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What does 'triggered' mean in the context: "she started crying and told me that my news had really triggered her"?

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trigger means to cause something to begin.

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What does turbulence mean?

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Interruption in wind flow causing planes to rise, fall, or sway.

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Meaning of 'immaturity':

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State of not being fully developed or grown.

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"Each species has opsin genes not expressed in the adult retina." What does 'genes' mean?

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Parts of cells that determine physical traits and development; inherited from parents.

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"a burning sensation in the middle of the chest". What does sensations mean?

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A physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body.

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Cost is a factor keeping them from the therapist's couch. What does therapist mean?

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A person skilled in treating mental or physical illness.

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Vulnerable means:

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Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.

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Phobia: an extreme or irrational fear of something.

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Phobia: an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

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Amygdala: a roughly almond-shaped mass of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere, involved in emotions.

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Amygdala definition.