social cognition

Question 1

FOXP2

Answer 1

profound impact b/c transcription factor
language gene
mouse have too -> must’ve been a mutation

Question 2

prefrontal cortex

Answer 2

planning, analysing
got to do with social

Question 3

what part of prefrontal cortex is social cognition?

Answer 3

orbital and medial
(above eyesocket)

Question 4

conforming to social norms

Answer 4

we are constrained /influenced by other people
we can tell when someone feels let down

Question 5

gage

Answer 5

was responsible and hardworking
metal pole through prefrontal cortex
no longer gage
childish, irresponsible, tactless

Question 6

prefrontal lobotomy

Answer 6

doesnt rob people of anything
can walk and talk
have no desire to communicate
a nurse as no longer able to sympathise with her patients

Question 7

animals with prefrontal lesions

Answer 7

exhibit abnormalities in temperament emotion and social behaviour
monkeys: withdrawn from social group
don’t groom wachother
reduction in faciala expressiveness

Question 8

what mediates social cognition

Answer 8

internalisation & learning of rules
linked to affective experiences

Question 9

body states associated wit emotional experiences

Answer 9

activations of ANS through amygdala, hypothal, brainstem

Question 10

somatic marker theory

Answer 10

bodily actions that accompany ans activity in arousal states

Question 11

what shapes social compliance?

Answer 11

the capacity to feel bad