Emotion & Behavior (KA)

Question 1

Limbic system mnemonic

Answer 1

Hippo wearing a HAT

• Hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus

Question 2

What sense bypasses thalamus?

Answer 2

Olfactory

Question 3

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

Answer 3

Bilateral destruction of amygdala => put things in mouth, hypersexuality, disinhibited behavior

Question 4

Positive and negative emotions are on which sides of brain?

Answer 4

Positive emotions = left side

Negative = right side

Question 5

James-Lange

Answer 5

Experience emotion b/c perception of physiological responses

• Sad b/c you cry

Question 6

Schachter-Singer

Answer 6

Identify reason for situation => feel emotion

• Interpret arousal => aggressive emotion

Question 7

Lazarus theory

Answer 7

LABEL situation => emotion and physiological response

Question 8

Yerkes-Dodson Law

Answer 8

Bell curve that shows people perform best when moderately aroused

Question 9

Appraisal theory of stress

• Primary and secondary appraisal

Answer 9

Stress arises from interpretation of events

• Primary = assess stress in situation => if negative, secondary
• Secondary = appraisal of harm, threat, how to overcome

Question 10

4 categories of stressors

Answer 10

Significant life changes
Catastrophic events
Daily hassles
Ambient stressors

Question 11

General adaptation syndrome

Answer 11

Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion

Question 12

Physical effects of stress

Answer 12

Cardiovascular
Metabolism (increased glucose production)
Reproductive (impotence)
Immune (inflammation)

Question 13

Areas of brain w/ most glucocorticoid receptors

Answer 13

Hippocampus and frontal cortex

Question 14

Clonus

Answer 14

Rhytmic contractions of antagonistic muscle

Question 15

Glutamate = _____, GABA and glycine = ______

Answer 15

Excitatory; inhibitory

Question 16

What sends histamine?

Answer 16

Hypothalamus

Question 17

What releases norepi?

Answer 17

Locus ceruleus in pons

Question 18

What releases serotonin?

Answer 18

Raphe nuclei in medulla

Question 19

What releases DA?

Answer 19

Ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra

Question 20

Kainic acid and oxidopamine

Answer 20

Neurochemical lesion

Question 21

Cortical cooling

Answer 21

Cool neurons until they stop firing

Question 22

Phenylketonia

Answer 22

Mutation => missing F AA in liver => brain problems

Question 23

3 types of innate behavioral traits

Answer 23

Reflexes
Orientation
Fixed-action pattern (performed w/o interruption)

Question 24

Maslow pyramid of needs

Answer 24

Physiological
Safety
Love
Self-Esteem
Self-Actualization

Question 25

3 components of attitude

Answer 25

Affective (emotional)
Behavioral
Cognitive

Question 26

Principle of aggregation

Answer 26

People will be honest when patterns of behavior are observed vs. single one

Question 27

Attribution

Answer 27

Inferring causes of events/behaviors