Unit 1 vocab Fears and Phobias

• "fumes from cooking are enough to activate the alarm"

What does the word activate mean?

• To activate

  something means to cause it to

  start working.

• is an interruption

  in the flow of wind that causes

  planes to rise, fall, or sway in a

  rough way.

• is the state of not being fully

  developed or grown.

• the parts of cells that give a living thing its physical characteristics

  and make it grow and develop; a person’s genes come from his or her parents and

  other blood relatives.

• "she started crying and told me that my news had really triggered her"

What does the word triggered mean?

• To activate

  something means to cause it to

  start working.

• is an interruption

  in the flow of wind that causes

  planes to rise, fall, or sway in a

  rough way.

• trigger something

  means to cause it to begin.

• the parts of cells that give a living thing its physical characteristics

  and make it grow and develop; a person’s genes come from his or her parents and

  other blood relatives.

• "the the strong currents cause a lot of turbulence"

What does the word turbulence mean?

• To activate

  something means to cause it to

  start working.

• is an interruption

  in the flow of wind that causes

  planes to rise, fall, or sway in a

  rough way.

• trigger something

  means to cause it to begin.

• the parts of cells that give a living thing its physical characteristics

  and make it grow and develop; a person’s genes come from his or her parents and

  other blood relatives.

• "they were shocked by such immaturity in a grown man"

What does the word immaturity mean?

• To activate

  something means to cause it to

  start working.

• is an interruption

  in the flow of wind that causes

  planes to rise, fall, or sway in a

  rough way.

• is the state of not being fully

  developed or grown.

• the parts of cells that give a living thing its physical characteristics

  and make it grow and develop; a person’s genes come from his or her parents and

  other blood relatives.

• "Each of these species contains opsin genes which are not expressed in the adult retina."

What does the word genes mean?

• To activate

  something means to cause it to

  start working.

• is an interruption

  in the flow of wind that causes

  planes to rise, fall, or sway in a

  rough way.

• is the state of not being fully

  developed or grown.

• the parts of cells that give a living thing its physical characteristics

  and make it grow and develop; a person’s genes come from his or her parents and

  other blood relatives.

• "a burning sensation in the middle of the chest"

What does the word sensations mean?

• a person who is skilled in treating mental or physical

  illness.

• is an interruption

  in the flow of wind that causes

  planes to rise, fall, or sway in a

  rough way.

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

  
  

• the parts of cells that give a living thing its physical characteristics

  and make it grow and develop; a person’s genes come from his or her parents and

  other blood relatives.

• "cost is one factor keeping them from the therapist's couch"

• 
  What does the word therapist mean?

• a person who is skilled in treating mental or physical

  illness.

• is an interruption

  in the flow of wind that causes

  planes to rise, fall, or sway in a

  rough way.

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

  
  

• the parts of cells that give a living thing its physical characteristics

  and make it grow and develop; a person’s genes come from his or her parents and

  other blood relatives.

• "small fish are vulnerable to predators"

• 
  What does the word vulnerable mean?

• a person who is skilled in treating mental or physical

  illness.

• is an interruption

  in the flow of wind that causes

  planes to rise, fall, or sway in a

  rough way.

• an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

  
  

• susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.

• "many people have a phobia about going to the dentist"

• 
  What does the word phobia mean?

• a person who is skilled in treating mental or physical

  illness.

• is an interruption

  in the flow of wind that causes

  planes to rise, fall, or sway in a

  rough way.

• an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

  
  

• susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.

• "Both the hippocampus and the amygdala are involved in the processing and integration of memory."

• 
  What does the word amygdala mean?

• a person who is skilled in treating mental or physical

  illness.

• a roughly almond-shaped mass of gray matter inside each cerebral hemisphere, involved with the experiencing of emotions.

• an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

  
  

• susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.