lecture 6

Question 1

damage to prefrontal cortex

Answer 1

case of Phineas Gage- iron rod passed through his head - loss of virtually all the prefrontal cortex of left hemisphere

Question 2

Phineas gage able to function … but

Answer 2

relatively effectively
memory and speech were preserved
personality changed

Question 3

prefrontal cortex plays a role in

Answer 3

self control

emotional regulation, planning, concentrating

Question 4

lobotomy

Answer 4

operation cuts through fibres of the white matter

grey matter not destroyed

Question 5

lobotomised patients

Answer 5

all had significant personality changes

Question 6

basic types of response to dangerous aversive situations

Answer 6

freeze flight or fight

skeletomotor responses

Question 7

autonomic responses to threat and danger

Answer 7

increased heart rate, respiratory rate, sweating, decreased salivation, pupil dilation and look vessel dilation

Question 8

all responses to threat are controlled by the

Answer 8

hypothalamus connected to the pituitary gland

Question 9

autonomic response - stressor activates the

Answer 9

hypothalamus - then activates the SNS then adrenal medulla - release adrenaline

Question 10

hormonal response -

Answer 10

stressor activates hypothalamus which release CRH . pituitary gland releases ACTH and the adrenal gland releases stress hormones

Question 11

components of emotional response

Answer 11

skeletomotor component
physiological
experiential subjective component of feeling

Question 12

common sense theory

Answer 12

subjective experience of fear is what motivates behaviour - feelings before behaviour
eg I ran because I was frightened

Question 13

James lange theory

Answer 13

experience of fear comes AFTER the skeletomotor and autonomic reactions
my hearts pounding because I feel afraid
feelings cause behavioural response