Cognition and Emotion

Question 1

Attention narrowing

Answer 1

processing a narrow set of information to the disadvantage of others

Question 2

Flashbulb memories

Answer 2

memories that are vivid and precise that come to you all of a sudden

Question 3

Mood-congruent memory

Answer 3

learning and retrieval are better when the person’s mood state is the same as the affective value of the material that has to be remembered

Question 4

Mood-state-dependent memory

Answer 4

memory is better when person’s mood state is the same at learning and retrieval

Question 5

Repression

Answer 5

motivated forgetting of traumatic or threatening events

Question 6

Urbach-Wiethe disease

Answer 6

the amygdala and adjacent areas are destroyed leading to impairment of emotional processing and memory for emotional material

Question 7

Dual-process theory

Answer 7

personal dilemmas btwn cognitive and emotional factors

Question 8

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC)

Answer 8

Important in the processing and generation of emotions. Contributes in decision-making.

Question 9

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)

Answer 9

Cognitive control. Contributes in decision-making.