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Exam 4 - 3/14 Flashcards

1
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_________ - involves an increase or decrease in physiological activity, feelings, and often characteristic behavior or facial expressions

A

Emotion

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Emotion -
- involves an increase or decrease in physiological activity, _________, and often characteristic behavior or _________ expressions

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  • feelings

- facial

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3
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Emotion is important for our survival

-Helps in responding to _________ situations

A

threatening

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4
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Emotions involve the _________ nervous system

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autonomic

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_________ theory

  • Physiological arousal precedes emotion
  • Different patterns of physiological arousal cause different emotions
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James-Lange theory (1893)

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James-Lange theory (1893)

  • Physiological arousal _________ emotion
  • Different patterns of physiological arousal _________ different emotions
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  • precedes

- cause

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James-Lange theory (1893)

  • _________ arousal precedes emotion
  • Different patterns of physiological arousal cause different _________
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  • Physiological

- emotions

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_________ theory

  • Emotion is based on the cognitive assessment of the situation
  • Physiological arousal contributes only to the intensity of the emotion
A

Schachter-Singer’s cognitive theory (1962)

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Schachter-Singer’s cognitive theory (1962)

  • Emotion is based on the _________ assessment of the situation
  • Physiological arousal contributes only to the _________ of the emotion
A
  • cognitive

- intensity

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Schachter-Singer’s cognitive theory (1962)

  • _________ is based on the cognitive assessment of the situation
  • _________ arousal contributes only to the intensity of the emotion
A
  • Emotion

- Physiological

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11
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Aggression is behavior that is intended to _________

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harm

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12
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_________ aggression - animal attacks and kills its prey unemotionally

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Predatory

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13
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Predatory aggression - animal attacks and kills its prey _________

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unemotionally

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14
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_________ aggression – characterized by emotional arousal

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Affective

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15
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Affective aggression – characterized by emotional _________

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arousal

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16
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Affective aggression –

  • _________ aggression – unprovoked attack
  • _________ aggression – response to threat, caused by fear
A
  • Offensive

- Defensive

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17
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Affective aggression –

  • Offensive aggression – unprovoked _________
  • Defensive aggression – response to threat, caused by _________
A
  • attack

- fear

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18
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Predatory aggression in humans – _________

A

controversial

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19
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Aggression is influenced by both _________ and _________ factors

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  • environment

- biological

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20
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-Aggression-

Biological influences include _________ and _________ influences

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  • hormones

- neural

21
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-Aggression-

_________ play a larger role in aggression than _________ or neural influences in rats, particularly offensive aggression

A
  • Hormones

- environment

22
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-Aggression-

Testosterone is associated with increased offensive aggression in _________ and both testosterone and estrogen seem to influence aggression in _________

A
  • males

- females

23
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-Aggression-

Relationship between levels of testosterone and _________ in male prisoners

24
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Correlation between levels of _________ and male prisoners – higher levels are associated with more violent _________

A
  • testosterone

- crimes

25
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MRI and PET studies have found that many areas of the brain are involved in each _________

26
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Animal research – _________ different neural pathways involved in defensive and _________ aggression

A
  • two

- predatory

27
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Animal research –

Defensive aggression – _________ nucleus of amygdala to _________ hypothalamus to dorsal periaqueductal gray in hind brain

A
  • medial

- medial

28
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Animal research –

_________ aggression – medial nucleus of amygdala to medial hypothalamus to dorsal periaqueductal gray in hind brain

29
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Animal research –

Defensive aggression – medial nucleus of amygdala to medial hypothalamus to _________ periaqueductal gray in _________ brain

A
  • dorsal

- hind

30
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Animal research –

_________ aggression – lateral and central amygdala to lateral hypothalamus to ventral periaqueductal gray

31
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Animal research –

Predatory aggression – _________ amygdala to _________ hypothalamus to ventral periaqueductal gray

A
  • lateral and central

- lateral

32
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Animal research –

Predatory aggression – lateral and central amygdala to lateral hypothalamus to _________ periaqueductal gray

33
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Human research-
-Increased aggression

Tumors in _________ or septal regions can cause aggression

A

hypothalamus

34
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Human research-
-Increased aggression

Tumors in hypothalamus or _________ regions can cause aggression

35
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Human research-
-Increased aggression

_________ – seizures increases aggression while damage decreases aggression

36
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Human research-
-Increased aggression

Amygdala – seizures _________ aggression while damage _________ aggression

A
  • increases

- decreases

37
Q

Human research-
-Increased aggression

Higher activity in right _________ and right _________ in murderers – lesions of these areas decrease uncontrollable aggression

A
  • amygdala

- hypothalamus

38
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Human research-
-Increased aggression

Higher activity in right amygdala and right hypothalamus in murderers – lesions of these areas _________ uncontrollable aggression

39
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Human research-
-Decreased aggression

_________ controls impulsive behavior and therefore suppresses aggression – decreased activity in prefrontal cortex in murderers whose behavior was _________ and caused by intense emotion rather than premeditated

A
  • Prefrontal cortex

- impulsive

40
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Human research-
-Decreased aggression

Prefrontal cortex controls impulsive behavior and therefore _________ aggression – _________ activity in prefrontal cortex in murderers whose behavior was impulsive and caused by _________ emotion rather than premeditated

A
  • suppresses
  • decreased
  • intense
41
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Human research-
-Decreased aggression

_________ is associated with impulsiveness and decreased size of prefrontal lobes

A

Antisocial disorder

42
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Human research-
-Decreased aggression

Antisocial disorder is associated with impulsiveness and _________ size of prefrontal lobes

43
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_________ inhibits aggression

44
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Low serotonin is associated with _________ and with impulsive _________

A
  • impulsiveness

- aggression

45
Q

Levels of a serotonin metabolite are lower in _________ violent offenders than in offenders who’s crimes were _________

A
  • impulsive

- premeditated

46
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Lowering serotonin levels in brains of healthy volunteers playing a computer game _________ aggression in the players

47
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People with _________ active forms of the gene involved in synthesizing _________ are more likely to report _________ and aggression, and to make violent suicide attempts

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  • less
  • serotonin
  • anger
48
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Depressed individuals have _________ serotonin levels and do not become violent so role of serotonin is _________

A
  • lower

- complex

49
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  • LAST CARD -

Lesions of serotonin neurons in the lateral _________ of rats increased aggression towards _________ rats

A
  • hypothalamus

- intruder

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