Module 11

Question 1

Implicit emotion regulation is a reflexive process that does not require conscious awareness.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Early life adversity (e.g., maltreatment) affects explicit, but not implicit, emotion regulation.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In dimensional theory of emotions ______ is the perception of pleasant verses unpleasant experience.

Answer 3

Valence

Question 4

Sensory information to the amygdala in the direct pathway gives rise to a ______ response to potential threats.

Answer 4

Quick and reflexive

Question 5

In psychology and neuroscience, the term implicit refers to brain processes that can influence one’s thought process, behavior, and emotions in an ______ and effortless manner.

Answer 5

Unconscious

Question 6

Research data findings indicate cortisol results in fear and withdrawal behavior through stimulating increased levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in the amygdala.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The ______ theory proposed different stimuli create patterns of activity in different parts of the subcortical activity.

Answer 7

Cannon-Bard

Question 8

Research data findings indicate when cortisol is high and testosterone low, subjects exhibit ______.

Answer 8

Fear

Question 9

Barrett’s dimensional theory of constructed emotions states that emotions are not hardwired entities but emerge into consciousness from ______.

Answer 9

Interception and Categorization

Question 10

In a replication study using fMRI imaging for brain activity indications referenced to data of existing research related to brain area activity associated with emotions and the associated physiological processes, the investigator’s collected data related to anger would most likely show increased activity in the ______ brain area.

Answer 10

Left inferior frontal gyrus

Question 11

Relatively recent research data strongly indicate that testosterone levels are associated only with aggression in the conjunction with ______ of cortisol.

Answer 11

Low levels

Question 12

______ expressed in exaggerated ways resulting in normal life activity impairment is a psychological disorder referred to as phobias and posttraumatic stress disorder.

Answer 12

Fear

Question 13

The conceptual act model of emotions proposes that emotions consists of core affects such as valence and arousal and a ______.

Answer 13

Categorization Process

Question 14

The myth that the amygdala is fear dedicated obscures its extremely important role in ______.

Answer 14

Genetic survival

Question 15

Ekman’s basic emotions proposes a ______ of basic emotions in response to common human experiences such as losses, frustrations, and successes across all cultures.

Answer 15

Universality

Question 16

The James-Lange theory contends that emotional experience is a consequence of the ______ of physiological responses to stimuli.

Answer 16

Brain’s interpretation

Question 17

The Iowa gambling task performance assessment indicates making decisions that lead to personally advantageous situations that involve the activation of somatic markers.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Data collected during the fear conditioning rat shock experiment supported evidence of the role of the ______ when lesions on the area resulted in no fear response when shocked.

Answer 18

Amygdala

Question 19

Relatively recent research data strongly indicate that testosterone levels are associated only with aggression in the conjunction with ______ of cortisol.

Answer 19

Low levels

Question 20

In dimensional theory of emotions ______ is the perception of pleasant verses unpleasant experience.

Answer 20

Valence

Question 21

Individuals with damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPC) are impaired in the decision-making process and reflect their inability to use their ______ to help them make choices.

Answer 21

Gut Feelings

Question 22

Core affect is essentially how one feels at any particular point in time on the continuums of valiance and arousal.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

According to the somatic marker hypothesis, images such as product logos can even bias individuals in the decision-making process.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

In a lab research study using word association to investigate correlation, the researcher decided to interview one participant because of the unusual and extreme physiological responses that were recorded every time she was presented a specific name. The researcher asked for specific details regarding her prior or current personal experience with people by the affective name. The researcher was assessing it the participant was affected by ______.

Answer 24

Somatic Markers

Question 25

Research data indicates serotonin is involved in the inhibition of impulsive behavior through its actions in the thalamus.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Research data findings indicate that the types of aggression observed depends on levels of the neurotransmitter ______.

Answer 26

Serotonin

Question 27

The amygdala’s sensory information analysis and discrimination yields a response to a potential danger based on the analysis. If not an immediate threat the emotional response is ______.

Answer 27

Attenuated

Question 28

Sham rage was coined from the results of lab studies using cats and involving ______.

Answer 28

Decortication

Question 29

In the picture review lab experiment assessing physiological responses such as increased heart rate, sweating and other stress indicators, the researcher most likely is using ______ in the measurement tools for sweat monitoring.

Answer 29

Skin Conductance Response