College 2: Emotion regulation

Question 1

emotions

Answer 1

are neutral and physiological responses to the environment, subjective feelings, cognitions related to those feelings and the desire to take action

Question 2

emotion regulation

Answer 2

the capacity to modify and emotional experience

Question 3

fear acquisition

Answer 3

learned fears, which is acquired through classical conditioning

Question 4

spontaneous recovery

Answer 4

re-emergence of fear after a delay

Question 5

renewal

Answer 5

re-emergence of fear outside of the extinction context

Question 6

reinstatement

Answer 6

re-emergence of fear after exposure to the unconditioned stimulus

Question 7

extinction

Answer 7

fear removal

Question 8

habituation

Answer 8

when you get used to for example see fearful faces, after awhile you get used to it and you’re initial response will not occur anymore

Question 9

cognitive reappraisal

Answer 9

self-reassurance, interpreting the situation as less frightening. Downregulate the fears. Associated with the left IFG

Question 10

amygdala

Answer 10

critical for fear learning and experiencing
subcortical regions (part of the limbic system)

Question 11

hippocampus

Answer 11

memory formation and structuring (next to amygdala, work together, both part of limbic region)

Question 12

vmPFC

Answer 12

emotion regulation, inhibition and control

Question 13

left IFG

Answer 13

left inferior frontal gyrus, self control, inhibition and cognitive control

Question 14

PFC

Answer 14

Cognitive control regions, part of the cortical regions