9.8 Flashcards
The “feeling” aspect of consciousness,
characterized by a certain physical arousal, a
certain behavior that reveals the ____ to
the outside world, and an inner awareness of
feelings.
emotion
___ physically,
when a person experiences an emotion,
an arousal is created by the
sympathetic nervous system
Physiology of Emotion -
___ Originally
designed as a kind of “lie
detector” test in the early 1900s.
Polygraph Test -
___ is also involved in
pleasure-seeking behaviors and
in the facial expressions of
human emotions.
Amygdala
___ travel to
the amygdala by both a
fast, crude “low road”
(subcortical) and a slower
but more involved cortical
“high road”
Emotional stimuli
Positive emotions are
associated with the ___
left
frontal lobe of the brain,
whereas negative feelings
such as sadness, anxiety,
and depression seem to be
a function of the___
right
frontal lobe.
In identifying emotions on
another person’s face, the ____is more active,
especially in women (Voyer &
Rodgers, 2002).
right
hemisphere
This hemisphere
dominance becomes more
pronounced in ___,
with children showing less
ability to identify negative
emotions compared to
positive ones
adulthood
Early studies also suggest
that facial recognition is
primarily assigned to the
____
right hemisphere.
Common brain areas
involved in emotional
regulation include the
___
lateral prefrontal cortex,
anterior cingulate cortex,
and amygdala.
Distraction primarily
engages the ___
anterior
cingulate cortex,
while
reappraisal is supported
by the ___
lateral orbitofrontal
cortex.
encompasses the outward
expression of emotions through facial
expressions, body language, vocal tone,
and actions.
Behavior of Emotion: Emotional
Expression -
___ proposed
that emotions are a result of
evolution, suggesting that facial
expressions are universal across
cultures because they evolved to
convey specific information to
others.
Charles Darwin (1898)