exam two (ch.18)

Question 1

the experience of emotions are _____ which are uniquely human

Answer 1

feelings

Question 2

the expression of emotions are a ____ output in response to experience

Answer 2

behavioral

Question 3

depression like behavior: forced swim behavior

Answer 3

antidepressants reduce the time
spent immobile

Question 4

three elements of emotional expression

Answer 4

sympathetic activity, hormonal responses and behvaioral responses

Question 5

conservation of emotional expression; across different cultures, age and species; emotional expression is hereditary; who said this?

Answer 5

charles darwin

Question 6

what is the james-lange theory

Answer 6

Emotion results from
physiological changes in
the body (results from expression of emotion)

Question 7

the james lange theory pathway is

Answer 7

stimuli —> body change —> emotion

Question 8

cannon-bard theory says

Answer 8

Emotion results from
brain processing of
emotional stimuli
(necessary since the same
physiological response can
lead to different emotions)

Question 9

the cannon-bard theory pathway is

Answer 9

Stimuli —> Emotion —> Body change

Question 10

loss of sensory feedback about physiological response (due to spinal injury) reduces emotion; this supports what theory

Answer 10

james-lange

Question 11

there can be emotion in the absence of physiological response to stimuli (but James
argued that if you stripped away
physiological feelings of rage,
e.g., the rage would go away); this supports what theory

Answer 11

cannon-bard

Question 12

Loss of emotionality is _____ when the lesion is high on the spine (more of the body is “cut off” from the brain).

Answer 12

greatest

Question 13

Broca did not attribute
structures to emotion but instead to

Answer 13

olfaction

Question 14

the papez circuit says that limbic structures; especially the ____ ____ are involved in emotion

Answer 14

cingulate cortex

Question 15

papez circuit: Behavioral expression of
emotion

Answer 15

hypothalamus

Question 16

papez circuit: expression of emotion

Answer 16

hippocampus (rabies infection: hyperemotional responses)

Question 17

papez circuit: anterior thalamus

Answer 17

emotional control (lesions lead to spontaneous crying and laughing)

Question 18

the issue with the limbic system concept is that there are ____ structures involved in emotion

Answer 18

many

Question 19

phineas gage shows the importance of ___ ____ in emotion

Answer 19

prefrontal cortex

Question 20

Damage to the prefrontal
cortex (frontal lobotomy) has
severe effects on

Answer 20

social and
emotional behavior

Question 21

prefrontal cortex damage causes

Answer 21

• inabiloty to plan and organize
• inability to experience and express emotions
• apathy

Question 22

what are the 6 basic emotions

Answer 22

anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise

Question 23

dimensional theory of emotion breaks down large emotion into smaller elements based on

Answer 23

arousal (high to low) and valence (negative to positive)

Question 24

_____ are more or less the complex reactions the body has to
certain stimuli.

Answer 24

emotions

Question 25

_____ occur after we become aware in our brain of
such physical changes

Answer 25

feelings