Ch 12 Quiz Flashcards
According to the James-Lange theory, we experience emotion:
after we experience autonomic arousal.
Damage to the ____ results in a diminished ability to experience and recognize disgust.
Insular Cortex
Which of the following problems is most likely to result in an increased ability to identify the emotional expression of people viewing pleasant and unpleasant pictures?
damage to the left hemisphere
The reason individuals who suffer prefrontal cortex damage often make bad decisions is because they:
can’t anticipate the unpleasantness of likely outcomes.
Animals with damage to the amygdala:
neither learn new fears nor retain previously learned fears.
Benzodiazepine tranquilizers affect GABA synapses by:
facilitating binding of GABA to its receptors.
Stress activates two systems. One is the:
HPA axis, which becomes increasingly important with prolonged stressors.
What is the relationship between PTSD and size of the hippocampus?
People with a smaller than average hippocampus are more likely than others to develop PTSD.
Chronically high cortisol levels can be harmful to an individual by:
increasing the vulnerability of the hippocampus.
Chemicals released by the immune system that attack infections and communicate with the brain to elicit anti-illness behaviors are:
Cytokines