Unit 3 - 1: Emotion

Question 1

Emotion

Answer 1

Subjective mental state accompanied by distinctive cognition, behaviors, and physiological changes

Question 2

Emotion: behaviors people show

Answer 2

Facial expressions, gestures, tone of voice

Question 3

Emotion: physiological changes

Answer 3

Sweating, heart rate, blood pressure

Question 4

Folk psychology on emotions

Answer 4

Feelings trigger body to react

Question 5

James Lange theory

Answer 5

Body response evokes emotional experience

Question 6

Canon bard theory

Answer 6

Feeling and body reactions happen at the same time

Question 7

Why did emotions evolve?

Answer 7

Recipe for protective behaviors from ancestors

Question 8

Superficial facial muscles

Answer 8

Control small movements in mouth, eyes, and nose

Question 9

Deep facial muscles

Answer 9

Attach to bone and control large movements like chewing

Question 10

Facial and trigeminal nerve

Answer 10

Cranial muscles that innervate facial muscles

Question 11

Limbic system (5)

Answer 11

1. Amygdala
2. Cingulate gyrus
3. Fornix
4. Mammillary body of the hypothalamus
5. Hippocampus

Question 12

Decorticate rage/ sham rage

Answer 12

When cortex is removed, responses in aggressive behavior

Question 13

Amygdala roles (3)

Answer 13

1. Fear processing (activated before visual cortex)
2. Positive emotions (sexual)
3. Emotional recall (forming emotional memories)

Question 14

Kliver Bucy Syndrome

Answer 14

Removing temporal lobe, loss of fear and aggression

Question 15

Low road emotional processing

Answer 15

Projections go from thalamus to amygdala

Question 16

High road emotional processing

Answer 16

Info goes through thalamus to sensory cortex to be processed

Question 17

Fear processessing (4)

Answer 17

1. Stimuli sent to thalamus
2. Thalamus projects to either amygdala or sensory cortex
3. Sensory cortex (+ hippocampus) send info to amygdala
4. Amygdala medial emotional behavior, physiological responses

Question 18

Amygdala Pathology (3)

Answer 18

1. Capgras Delusion
2. PTSD
3. Loss/ injury of amygdala

Question 19

Capgras delusion

Answer 19

People believe loved ones replaced by imposters (damage to the low road)

Question 20

PTSD

Answer 20

Strong fear conditioning

Question 21

Loss/ injury of amygdala

Answer 21

Rare genetic disorders, strokes, severe temporal lobe seizures result in loss of fear

Question 22

Differentiating emotions

Answer 22

Great deal of overlap in the brain among different emotions, so context (sensory info + social cues) are important