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These are behaviors whose primary function is to protect the organism from threat or harm

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Defensive behaviors

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On the tongue, these are often located around small protuberances functional brain imaging

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Papillae

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Defined as waves of electromagnetic energy that is between 380 and 760 nanometers in length

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Light

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Thistheory was proposed by Thomas Young in 1802 and refined by Hermann vonHelmholtz in 1852

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Component Theory

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It is thought to play a special role in memory for the emotional significance of experiences

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Amygdala

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A gastrointestinal process of breaking down food and absorbing its constituents into the body

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The idea that the human brain and the mind are separate entities became even more widely accepted

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A simple sugar that is the breakdown product of complex carbohydrates, that is, starches and sugars

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The first physiological theory of emotion was proposed independently by James and Lange in what year?

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Human is capable of making complex patterns of adjustment to the never endingchanges of his environment

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Endocrine gland releases their chemicals, which are calledhormones, directly into the circulatory system

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Hungeris the gastrointestinal process of breaking down food and absorbing its constituents into the body

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Failure of recognition thatis not attributable to a sensory deficit or to verbal or intellectualimpairment

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The study of the neural mechanisms of human cognition, largely through the use of functional brain imaging

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Proposes that being awake disrupts the homeostasis of the body in some way and sleep is required to restore it

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The area of sensory cortex that receives most of its input directly from the thalamic relay nuclei of thatsystem

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The study of the evolution, genetics, andadaptiveness of behavior, largely through the use of the comparative method

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It is characterized by recurring losses of muscle tone during wakefulness, often triggered by an emotional experience

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Monitors information about theposition of the body that comes from receptors in the muscles, joints, andorgans of balance

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