Exam 3: Emotions, Aggression, and Stress Flashcards
A subjective experience accompanied by distinctive cognition, behavior, and physiological changes
Emotion
Outline the James - Lange Theory of Emotion:
A stimulus triggers a physiological response in the body which triggers an emotional experience in the brain.
Outline the Cannon-Bard Theory
A stimulus simultaneously triggers a physiological response and triggers an emotional experience
Schacter and Singer emotional theory outlines that?
The state of emotion is based on inferences about the causes of physiological reactions
When opposite messages are signaled by opposite movements and postures:
Principle of antithesis
What is the idea behind the facial feedback hypothesis?
Our emotional experience are influenced by the voluntary control of our facial muscles
What are the brain regions involved in emotion?
Amygdala and the Limbic System
These characteristics describe: Lack of fear or aggression, extreme oral fixation, inappropriate sextual behaviors
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
Urbach-Wiethe Disease is characterized by what?
the inability to recognize expressions of fear and danger as well as a lack of fear
When the cortex is removed in cats and dogs what characteristics do they show? What is the name?
They show Sham Rage, which is extreme and unfocused aggressive responses
The establishment of fear response to a previously neutral stimulus
Fear Conditioning
Outline the General Adaption Syndrome:
Regardless of the stressor present, there will be 3 physiological stress responses
Who was Hans Selye and what did his research focus on?
He was interested in studying the ovarian extract.
He injected experimental rats with estrogen and control rats with saline. The results showed that despite the medium the rats received both developed ulcers, enlarged adrenal glands, and shrinkage of the lymph nodes.
