PP 7 Evolution Social Brain & Feelings Flashcards
What are feelings?
Evolutionary based mammal/primate/animal responses to stressors
What is intentionality?
Minds capable of thinking, believing, wishing, representing &
Calculating others’ intentions & acting upon them with specific intent
Calculating Brains ➡️perceptions ➡️neurotransmitters ➡️feeling
What is dopamine?
Dopamine: “Reward/Happiness hormone”: pleasure, feel good, positive emotions
prompt beneficial activities: eating, mating,
Released when achieve goals, receive praise, fall in love, eat, etc.
What is serotonin?
Serotonin: “Feel good hormone” – suppresses anxiety/depression
What is Oxytocin?
Oxytocin: “Love hormone”: Relationships, bonding, sex, maternal/offspring… hate?
What are endorphins?
Endorphins: Natural pain killers, increases w/ exercise, reduces stress/anxiety
What is fear?
Evolved response to recurrent survival threat
Can you pass on fear?
Yes
What are feelings?
Evolved cognitive structures/processes promoting survival/fertility
Why did feelings develop?
Responses to perceived threats: hunger, thirst, social situations, strangers
emotional state is a ______ behavior
a: good
b: responsive
c: preemptive
d: bad
b: responsive
What part of the brain Translates emotional states into Behaviors?
a: Hypothalamus
b: amygdala
c: cerebral cortex
d: hippocampus
Hypothalamus
What part of the brain senses, stores, recognizes fear event?
a: Hypothalamus
b: amygdala
c: cerebral cortex
d: hippocampus
Amygdala
If this part of the brain is impaired your judgement and reasoning is also impaired
a: Hypothalamus
b: amygdala
c: cerebral cortex
d: hippocampus
c: cerebral cortex
What part of the brain interprets and assesses fear?
a: Hypothalamus
b: amygdala
c: cerebral cortex
d: hippocampus
d: hippocampus
