Emotion And Mood

Question 1

Name ekmans 6 basic emotions

Answer 1

Anger 
Joy
Disgust 
Sadness
Fear
Surprise

Question 2

How is the theory of universal facial expression of emotion proved

Answer 2

Blind children use the same muscles to make expressions even though they have never copied anyone

Question 3

At what age do you develop distress and contentment

Answer 3

Birth

Question 4

At what age did you develop happiness and sadness

Answer 4

3 months

Question 5

At what age do you develop anger and surprise

Answer 5

4-6 months

Question 6

At what age do you develop fear

Answer 6

7-8 months

Question 7

At what age are all basic emotions present

Answer 7

9 months

Question 8

What are the four components of an emotional response

Answer 8

Conscious feelings
Actions
Physiological arousal
Motivational programmes

Question 9

what is the James Lange theory of emotion?

Answer 9

We feel sorry because we cry. Cortex is fed by the most reaction

Question 10

What is the cannon bard theory of emotion

Answer 10

Physiological changes and subjective feelings are separate and independent

Question 11

What is the schachter-singer two factor theory of emotion

Answer 11

When an emotion is felt a physiological arousal occurs and the person uses the immediate environment to search for emotional cues to label the arousal

Question 12

What is emotional state mediated by

Answer 12

Peripheral autonomic
Endocrine
And motor responses

Question 13

What brain regions at involved in emotion

Answer 13

Amygdala
Frontal parahippocampal and cingulate cortices
Hypothalamus

Question 14

What does the amygdala control

Answer 14

Limbus system involved in emotional response, largely associated with fear but also involved in pleasure responses
Mediates autonomic expression and cognitive experience of emotion

Question 15

Define affect

Answer 15

The experience of feeling or emotion

Question 16

What is affect display

Answer 16

A facial vocal or gestural behaviours that serves as an indicator of affect

Question 17

Define depression

Answer 17

Depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure for 2 weeks or more + 4 of
Significant weight change 
fatigue
Altered sleep
Psychomotor agitation 
Reduced concentration
Feelings of worthlessness/guilt/inappropriate grief
Thoughts of death or suicide

Question 18

What is mania

Answer 18

Elevated mood/euphoria 
Agitated
Impulsive
Easily distracted
Racing thought 
Rapid/uninterruptible speech

Question 19

What is psychosis

Suggest 4 positive and three negative symptoms

Answer 19

Loss of touch with reality 
Positive:
Hallucinations
Paranoia
Delusions
Disorganised thoughts
Negative:
Unresponsive/unexpressive
Social withdrawal
Poor motivation/judgement

Question 20

What is the anatomy of Autism

Answer 20

Abnormalities in connectivity of limbic-stratal ‘social’ brain structures
Reduced mirror neutron activity in the inferior frontal gyrus

Question 21

What is psychopathy

Answer 21

Abnormal/deficit emotional responsiveness 
Disturbed social interaction 
Diminished ability to learn from punishment 
-selfish
-superficial
-cold
-dominant 
Inability to feel deeper feelings
Indifference to others
Lack of empathy or remorse

Question 22

What is flat/blunted affect and what disorders might it occur

Answer 22

Lack of emotional responsibility in facial or vocal expression

Depression
Schizophrenia
Parkinson’s

Question 23

What are the principals of basic/universal emotions

Answer 23

Innate
Rapid onset
Consistent among cultures