PS6: emotion

Question 1

emotions

Answer 1

subjective experiences in response to internal or external stimuli

Question 2

components of emotion

Answer 2

physiological, cognitive, and behavioral responses

Question 3

adaptive role of emotion

Answer 3

those who could express and understand emotion increased their chances of survival and reproduction

Question 4

universal emotions

Answer 4

fear, anger, sadness, disgust, happiness, and surprise

Question 5

James-Lange theory

Answer 5

our body’s physiological response to a stimulus, and our perception of the response, is what makes us feel emotion

Question 6

Cannon-Bard theory

Answer 6

our body’s physiological response to a stimulus and our cognitive experience of emotion occur simultaneously and independently

Question 7

Schacter-Singer theory

Answer 7

aka two-factor theory; our emotional experiences are caused by the cognitive interpretation of our body’s physiological responses to a situation

Question 8

limbic system

Answer 8

responsible for our experiences of emotion

Question 9

amygdala

Answer 9

almond-shaped structure in the brain that conducts our emotional experiences and communicates with the hypothalamus

Question 10

hypothalamus

Answer 10

controls our physiological response through the ANS

Question 11

autonomic nervous system (ANS)

Answer 11

important in emotions pertaining to fear and survival

Question 12

thalamus

Answer 12

brain’s sensory relay center

Question 13

hippocampus

Answer 13

encodes emotions that we associate with memories

Question 14

prefrontal cortex

Answer 14

responsible for executive functions (how we respond to emotions). where we make higher-level decisions and inhibit impulses