Week 11

Question 1

subjective experiences that arise spontaneously and unconsciously in response to internal and external events

Answer 1

emotions

Question 2

Specific pattern of autonomic arousal leads to a specific emotion. Emotion can be induced by the corresponding bodily responses.

Answer 2

James-Lange theory

Question 3

Autonomic arousal and identification occur simultaneously and independently

Answer 3

Cannon-Bard theory

Question 4

Physiological arousal contributes to emotion’s intensity, while identity of emotion is based on cognitive appraisal

Answer 4

Schacter-Singer theory

Question 5

a region of the brain that has implications in fear, aggression, social interaction, sexuality, and anxiety

Answer 5

amygdala

Question 6

An area with a unique position in the brain, with connections to both the “emotional” limbic system and the “cognitive” prefrontal cortex. Active during expression of emotion. Changes in heart rate in both cognitive and motor tasks relate to the strength of activation in the ACC.

Answer 6

cingulate cortex

Question 7

an area of the brain that contains both the temporal and frontal lobes. Damage to this area can cause difficulty in making and executing plans as well as reduced emotionality (esp. fear and anxiety)

Answer 7

cerebral cortex

Question 8

An appetitive stimulus given to a human or some other animal to alter its behavior

Answer 8

Reward

Question 9

VTA to the nucleus accumbens

Answer 9

mesolimbic pathway

Question 10

condition in the environment that makes unusual demands on the organism, such as threat, failure, or bereavement.

Answer 10

stress

Question 11

sources of stress, which can be physical or psychological

Answer 11

stressor