Chapter 11.1: What Is Emotion?

Question 1

The parasympathetic nervous system is most active during which of the following?

Answer 1

Digesting food

Question 2

According to the James-Lange theory, feedback from the body’s action is responsible for which aspect of emotion?

Answer 2

Feeling

Question 3

When researchers looked for brain areas associated with particular emotions, what did they find?

Answer 3

No brain area is responsible for one and only one emotion

Question 4

Several lines of evidence argue against the idea that facial expressions demonstrate the existence of six basic emotions. Which of the following is NOT one of those lines of evidence?

Answer 4

Asking people to match six faces to six labels interferes with accuracy

Question 5

Which brain area is associated with the behavioral activation system and a tendency to approach?

Answer 5

The left hemisphere

Question 6

Damage to the ventromedical prefrontal cortex increases which tendency in making decisions?

Answer 6

More utilitarian choices