Happiness

Question 0

Laughter is associated with a specific facial muscle called the

Answer 0

zygomatic major

Question 1

The Sul’s incongruity theory suggests that

Answer 1

humor arises when logic and familiarity are replaced by things that don’t normally go together (expectancy violation)

Question 2

Humor tickles drug center that gives hedonistic high

Answer 2

funny cartoons correspond to activity in the nucleus accumbens

Question 3

Personality differences in laughter: extroverts …

Answer 3

have higher frequency of laughter, smiling, feelings of subjective well-being, and an increased propensity to tell jokes

Question 4

Emotional stability is associated with increased activity in the ___

Answer 4

striatum

Question 5

Increased activity in the vmPC is associated with…

Answer 5

extroversion

Question 6

Sex differences in laughter: men produce more humor than females, good sense of humor important in attraction, women like a funny man, while men like women who will laugh at their jokes; related to genetic quality and important in mate choice

Answer 6

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Question 7

In Azim et al (2005), females activate the ___ and ____ areas more than males, implying greater reward network response

Answer 7

dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; mesolimbic

Question 8

A set of systems are involved in the control of emotions and these include ____ of ____, and ___ or ____ of _____

Answer 8

control of attention, reappraisal or suppression of emotional stimuli

Question 9

The dorsolateral and ventrolateral PFC are involved in _______

Answer 9

the reappraisal or suppression of emotional stimuli

Question 10

Cataplexy is caused by decreased neurotransmitters called _____

Answer 10

orexins aka hypocretins

Question 11

Cataplexy is observed in a subset of patients with _____ and affects approx. 1 in ____ persons

Answer 11

narcolepsy; 2000

Question 12

Cataplexy is most often triggered by strong emotions such as ___

Answer 12

laughter

Question 13

Symptoms of cataplexy can vary considerably ranging from a mild sensation of ____, ______ and ____, to complete _____

Answer 13

floating, daytime sleepiness, abnormal rapid eye movement; muscle paralysis lasting up to several minutes

Question 14

In laughter and cataplexy, the ventrolateral PFC is associated with ____

Answer 14

suppression/control

Question 15

In laughter and cataplexy, the ventral striatum is associated with

Answer 15

reward

Question 16

Cataplexy may be associated with a shutdown of the ___

Answer 16

hypothalamus