Chapter 10: Part 1

Question 1

what are the three components of emotions?

Answer 1

behavioral, autonomic, and hormonal

Question 2

what is vocational facial paresis?

Answer 2

paralysis.) The interesting thing about volitional facial paresis is that the patient cannot voluntarily move the facial muscles but will express a genuine emotion with those muscles on both sides.

Question 3

what is emotional facial paresis?

Answer 3

man can only express voluntarily, but for genuine emotion, only one side shows

Question 4

aggressive behaviors are organized by…

Answer 4

circuits in the brain stem. which are modulated by amaygdala and hypothalamus

Question 5

What enhances aggression?

Answer 5

destruction of serotonegic axons

Question 6

what inhibits aggression?

Answer 6

facilitation of serotonergic transmission

Question 7

what increases risk-taking and aggressive behavior in monkeys and humans?

Answer 7

low levels if 5-HIAA (A metabolite of serotonin

Question 8

what plays an important role in emotional reactions?

Answer 8

ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Question 9

what plays a role in emotional recognition?

Answer 9

amygdala

Question 10

what do lesions on the amygdala cause?

Answer 10

For example, several studies have found that lesions of the amygdala (the result of degenerative diseases or surgery for severe seizure disorders) impair people’s ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion, especially expressions of fear

Question 11

what does the ventromedial prefrontal cortex do?

Answer 11

regulating responses, such as responding appropriately to frustrations and surprises urges to respond emotionally. regulating responses.

Question 12

James says that…

Answer 12

James says that our own emotional feelings are based on what we find ourselves doing and on the sensory feedback we receive from the activity of our muscles and internal organs.