Oxytocin

Reinforce

strengthen, consolidate # weaken

Prairie

plain, grassland, savannah

Vole

a small animal like a mouse or rat that lives in fields or near rivers

mate

if animals mate, they have sex to produce babies

trigger

cause, generate # stop, halt

Release

to allow a substance to move or flow freely

Attachment

bond, closeness, relationship, intimacy

Reputation

fame, renown

sniff

inhale, breathe

Trusting

willing to believe that other people are good and honest

Empathetic

having the ability to imagine how someone else feels

Generous

willing to give money, spend time etc, in order to help people or give them pleasure # mean, selfish

Cooperative

willing to work with someone else to achieve something that you both want

Revise

adjust, change, correct,modify.

Optimistic

positive, bright # pessimistic

A new wave of

a new trend, a new movement

vary

differ, be different

Social interaction

is the way people talk and act with each other and various structures in society

emerge

come out, appear # disappear

Groundbreaking

unprecedented, revolutionary, innovative, pioneering

Anonymous

nameless, unknown, unidentified # named

Guarantee

assure, ensure, warrant.

nasal

related to the nose

Placebo

a substance given to someone who is told that it is a particular medicine as a physiological test, but it has no actual effects (just for experiments)

Lonesome

lonely, solitary, isolated

Charitable

giving, generous, benevolent, open-handed

Constructively

usefully, beneficially, helpfully # destructively

Argument

disagreement

Fuel (the view that)

increase, stimulate, fire

Universally

everywhere, worldwide, globally, internationally

Enhance

improve, boost, enrich, Increase

aspects of our social nature

social features of human.

Contrasting

conflicting, opposing # similar

Inhale

breathe in, take in, sniff in

Envy

jealousy # goodwill

Administer

manage, control

Outcome

result, consequence, effect, aftermath

Disposition

nature, character, personality

Adept

expert, skillful, proficient, talented # inept

Cooperation

collaboration

Subject

a person that participates in a test.

Sensitive

easily offended, easily upset, easily hurt

Rejection

refusal, denial # acceptance

Conduct

carry out, organize

Reveal

make public, publish, divulge, disclose, unveil # hide, conceal

A dose of

a measured amount of something such as medicine

Favouritism

the act of unfairly treating one person better than others because you like them better

Associate smt with smt

link with, connect with, relate to

Drive somebody to do something

to strongly influence someone to do something

Social circle

a group of people who are socially connected

Defend (from)

protect, guard, secure, shield

bias

the action of supporting or opposing a particular person in unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment= prejudice, partiality.

Promote

encourage, foster, develop, boost, stimulate # obstruct, impede

goodwill

kindness

Subtlety

a small but important detail

Take no notice of

not to give st attention, ignore

Nuanced

made slightly different in appearance, meaning or sound, etc

Propel smth down

push/force/boost/ drive smth down.

Investigation

examination, study, inspection

Pinpoint

locate, identify, find

core

central, key, basic, fundamental, principal, primary, main, chief, crucial # minor

Catalogue

list, classify

Hypothesis

theory, assumption

Mutually exclusive

not possible at the same time

Motivate

encourage, stimulate

Seek out

look for smt using a lot of effort.

Spotlight

attention, focus

Posture

gesture, position, pose

flicker

glimmer

A dip of voice

a soften voice

Attuned to

familiar with

Identify

recognize, single out, pick out, spot, point out, know

overly

too, very.

Prone to

likely to get, likely to have, susceptible, vulnerable

Interpret

understand, comprehend, make sense of, explain

Social cues

Verbal/Nonverbal hints which can be negative or positive. These cues guide the conversation—(ex: vocal tone, facial expression, body language,...)

In the worst light

in a negative way= negatively.

Perplexing

complex, complicated

Molecule

the simplest unit of a chemical substance, usually in a group of two or more atoms.

Co-opt

include in a group.

Primitive

prehistoric, ancient, earliest

higher-order thinking

think at a level that is higher than memorizing facts or telling something back to someone exactly the way it was told to you.

Manifest

display, show, reveal, express