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Anxiety is regulated by which neurotransmitter? correct answers Nor-epinephrine What does GABA do? correct answers Inhibitory neurotransmitter What does the Locus Ceruleus do? correct answers Processes Sensory info including sight, taste, hearing and touch; Adjusts the ANS HPA axis correct answers Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal axis Limbic System correct answers HPA axis links with Locus Ceruleus; processes endogenous opiates, pain, stress and euphoria Where are memory and emotion processed? correct answers Limbic system Defense Mechanism: Repression correct answers Repression acts to keep information out of conscious awareness. *Unconscious activity Defense Mechanism: Denial correct answers refuse to acknowledge the problem Defense Mechanism: Rationalization correct answers Involves explaining an unacceptable behavior or feeling in a rational or logical manner, avoiding the true reasons for the behavior. Ex. "I have to drink, it calms me down" Defense Mechanism: Displacement correct answers Involves taking out our frustrations, feelings, and impulses on people or objects that are less threatening. Defense Mechanism: Projection correct answers taking our own unacceptable qualities or feelings and ascribing them to other people Defense Mechanism: Sublimation correct answers Allows us to act out unacceptable impulses by converting these behaviors into a more acceptable form. Example: kick-boxing to get anger out Defense Mechanism: Suppression correct answers Consciously by forcing the unwanted information out of our awareness, which is known as suppression Altruism correct answers Satisfying internal needs through helping others. Adjustment disorder correct answers Adjustment disorders develop in reaction to stressful life events or major life changes. Less than 6 months Generalized Anxiety Disorder correct answers 6 months; Plus 3 symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, or sleep disturbance. Panic Attacks may accompany.