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U1L8 (2023) Student Guide

The document outlines key concepts related to affiliation, oxytocin, aggression, and their impacts on teens. It discusses how social connectivity is essential for survival, the role of oxytocin in social bonding, and the differences between aggression and violence. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of emotional regulation and the need for seeking help in violent situations.

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U1L8 (2023) Student Guide

The document outlines key concepts related to affiliation, oxytocin, aggression, and their impacts on teens. It discusses how social connectivity is essential for survival, the role of oxytocin in social bonding, and the differences between aggression and violence. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of emotional regulation and the need for seeking help in violent situations.

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Student Guide Unit 1: Introduction to the Brain

Teacher Key Lesson 8


1. Define affiliation (Slide 3)
● Described as a person’s need to feel like they belong to a “_________________”
_________________
● A sense of _________________

2. How and why do humans affiliate? (Slide 5)


● _________________ _________________

● _________________

● Desire to be part of a _________________ _________________

● Interest in _________________

● Stress may be a “_________________” to affiliation


- Encourages individuals to responding to the same stressor to _________________
_________________and find security in one another
● Social connectivity is necessary for survival

3. How does affiliation impact teens? (Slide 6)


● _________________ and biological changes lead to new social encounters

● Heightened _________________ and interest in people

● Recognition of _________________ _________________and emotions

● Begin to _________________ other people

4. What is oxytocin? (Slide 8 – answers are in narrator’s words)


● Oxytocin is a hormone and _________________

● Produced in the _________________ and released during sex, childbirth, and lactation to
_________________reproductive functions

U1L8 Student Guide Teacher Key 1


● Important for _________________ behaviors (social memory and attachment) and
_________________ behaviors

5. Why is oxytocin critical to human survival? (Slide 9)


● _________________ and its receptors appear to hold the leading position as an important
brain compound in building _________________, which is necessary in developing
_________________ _________________, a process also referred to as social bonding
● _________________ _________________ is essential to species _________________ since it
favors reproduction, protection against predators and environmental changes and furthers
_________________ _________________
● Recent literature states that oxytocin can also be involved in triggering aggression (it is likely
involved in _________________ _________________vs. not a friend)

6. What influences who you affiliate with? (Slide 10)


● Perception of social signals
- _________________ expressions
- Body _________________
- Person’s _________________

● We associate facial structure and properties of faces as a reliable indicator of personal


identity
● Facial expressions have been one of the most commonly used stimuli to identify social
interactions

7. How does the teenage brain interpretation connect with perception and judgment? (Slide 12)
● The _________________ receives _________________ information and stores needed
information to process the perception
● Includes
- _________________ _________________: processing the motivational properties of the
stimuli
- Trust: does this person seem trustable based on _________________
_________________, body posture and movement
- _________________: based on the specific properties of a person’s face

U1L8 Student Guide Teacher Key 2


8. (Slide 13) Studies have shown that teens are _________________ as good as adults at
interpreting the _________________ _________________of facial expressions. Therefore,
making sound social judgments or knowing who to trust will mature in time and with more
experience.

9. Both _________________ and _________________ use the triad. (Slide 14)

10. What is the difference between aggression and violence? (Slide 15)
● Aggression
- A _________________ mechanism for self or others
● Violence
- The _________________use of _________________ _________________or power,
_________________ or _________________l, against oneself, another person, or
_________________ a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood
of resulting in _________________, _________________, psychological harm,
maldevelopment, or deprivation.
11. Explaining Aggression (Slide 16)
● Aggression is a _________________ _________________

● _________________ influences the brain to increase aggression _________________


_________________
● _________________ aggression is not well understood except maternal _________________
of young
● It can be worsened by
- Damage to regions of the brain
- Disruption in neurochemistry

12. No, Not All Aggression is Bad (Slide 18)


If a person _________________ themselves from a burglar or an intruder or a
_________________ _________________ a child from a threat, the aggression is viewed in a
positive light. In these cases:

● Aggression is _________________, protective, and helpful

● Aggression can be used to _________________

13. Where does aggression start? (Slide 19)

U1L8 Student Guide Teacher Key 3


- _________________ interprets as a threat (in our example it was the angry dog)
- The amygdala signals both the _________________ (which coordinates aggressive
behavior) and the _________________, which evaluates and prioritizes the information it
is receiving from the hypothalamus and amygdala.
- The amygdala and its connection to the hypothalamus triggers both _________________
and physiological responses to _________________ which include heart rate changes,
pupil dilation and changes in the gastrointestinal system.

14. Don’t make a permanent decision from a temporary emotion” (Slide 20) What are the three
factors that influence teen risk of aggressive behavior?
● _________________ as good as adults at interpreting the emotional _________________ of
facial expressions
● Lack of _________________ in the ability to make sound decisions and _________________
problems
● Onset of aggression with _________________ _________________

15. The Teen Brain Can Be Regulated (Slide 21)


● _________________is essential to healthy emotional development

● Key factor in _________________/_________________ _________________and anti-social


behaviors
● Teen capacity to create and maintain healthy emotional relationships is _________________

● Teen stress response systems are _________________

16. Feelings, Feelings, Feelings (Slide 22)


● Feeling angry and having a wide range of emotions is normal from time to time
- _________________those emotions are expressed is _________________
- many _________________ can cause _________________ to escalate

U1L8 Student Guide Teacher Key 4


17. What can you do if you’re experiencing or witnessing violence? (Slide 23)
● Do not _________________ the issues, they can escalate to violence or abuse

● If you think you are in a _________________ situation, seek _________________


immediately
● Speak with a _________________ adult

● Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TEXT the word
“START” to 88788 or visit the website at _________________

18. Summary (Slide 24)


● Across species, _________________ is important in regulating the formation of social
memories, as well as displays of _________________ and _________________ behaviors
● Humans are made to _________________

● The brain _________________ with _________________we affiliate and


_________________
● Teen _________________ development impacts affiliation and aggression

● Not all aggression is _________________; in many cases it is a built-in protective mechanism


in your brain
● Violence is very _________________ than aggression and can quickly become a
_________________ _________________ to someone’s life
● _________________ violent situations (flight) and _________________ violence is an
important step to personal safety and overall health

U1L8 Student Guide Teacher Key 5

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