Cog Neuro Quiz 10: Social Cognitive Neuroscience Flashcards
Which of the following descriptions best reflects the findings of Furley & Schweizer (2014)?
All participants were reasonably accurate at estimating the game score based on body language
One difference between a fake smile and a real smile is that a fake smile only involves contraction of the…..
zygomaticus
which of the following is NOT evidence of a right hemisphere advantage for processing social information?
better recognition of emotional expressions in the left eye
advantages: greater expression of emotion on left side of face, better recognition of emotional tone in left ear, greater activation of the fusiform face area
After surgical procedure to severe the corpus callosum. Ari participated in a study with similar patients that found they could more accurately identify the emotion in a face when the face was displayed to their left visual field. based on this, which hemisphere is better at identifying emotion
the right
Wyatt had a particularly devasting case of meningitis that has drastically altered his behavior. he eats anything, explores non-edible objects with his mouth, shows abnormal emotional responses, and displays hypersexual behavior. which area of the brain was most likely damaged by meningitis?
the amygdala
Emery underwent a surgical procedure that severed the connections between their prefrontal cortex and the rest of the brain. with which task would she struggle with?
planning a birthday party
the procedure Emery experiences is called a ______; more than 40,000 of these were performed in the US despite little evidence supporting their validity as treatment
frontal lobotomy
The _____ influences our autonomic arousal to emotional stimuli, while the ______ helps us select appropriate behaviors
amygdala; prefrontal cortex
Thanos severely injures several people to reach his goal of collecting all Infinity Stones. Thanos’ behavior in this case is an example of _________ aggression
instrumental
If using aggression to achieve goals is a common pattern of behavior for Thanos (ex: he has psychopathic tendencies), then which brain areas might be dysfunctional?
amygdala and vmPFC
Groot has played several hours of violent video games a day for many years. If we were to show him violent and nonviolent images while recording his brain activity with ERPs, we may find…..
a reduced P300 to violent images
If we asked Groot to determine whether there was an emotional face in the crowd of neutral faces while recording his brain activity with ERPs, we may find that the amplitude of the ERPs would….
reduced for happy faces
The Hulk is getting angry. You suggest he should eat a Snickers. Why might your suggestion be good advice for calming his behavior?
Low glucose levels are associated with aggressive behavior; eating can raise glucose
