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Emotion Flashcards

1
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Mental reactions accompanied by physiological and and behavioral changes in the body

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Emotions

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2
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Conscious awareness and reactions to emotions

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Feelings

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3
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What are the 6 emotions?

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  1. Anger
  2. Disgust
  3. Fear
  4. Happiness
  5. Sadness
  6. Surprise
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4
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Published “The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals”

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Charles Darwin

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5
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Similarity that reflects common descent and ancestry

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Homology

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6
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Similarity due to independent evolution

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Homoplasy

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7
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Argues that animals’ emotional expressions are homologues of human emotions

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Charles Darwin

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8
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Theory that physiological responses in the body cause emotions (bottom-up)

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James-Lange theory

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9
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Theory that emotions arise in the brain, then send signals to the body (more top-down theory)

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Cannon-Bard theory

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10
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Theory that both top-down and bottom-up factors contribute to emotion

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Schacter-Singer theory

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11
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3 types of functions of the hypothalamus

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  1. Homeostatic (hunger/thirst)
  2. Agnostic (aggression)
  3. Reproductive (mate seeking)
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12
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Pathway of the hypothalamus, stimulates the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

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The autonomic output pathway

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13
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Pathway of the hypothalamus, stimulates the forebrain to generate complex plans

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The motivational pathway

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14
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Pathway of the hypothalamus, regulates hormone levels throughout the body

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The neuroendocrine pathway

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15
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Releases Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF), a master stress trigger

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Hypothalamus

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Activated by CRF, secretes Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)

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Pituitary gland

17
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Activated by ACTH, secretes cortisol

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Kidneys

18
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The key pathway to the body and brain’s responses to stress

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Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis (HPA axis)

19
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Process of cortisol returning to the brain, tells the brain it can stop releasing CRF

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Negative Feedback Loop

20
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A method for inducing or suppressing neural activity with light

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Optogenetics

21
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A method to electrically stimulate brain structures in human patients, used to treat Epilepsy and Parkinson’s

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Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

22
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Two parts of the amygdala

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  1. Basolateral amygdala (BLA)
  2. Central amygdala (CA)
23
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“Input” area of the amygdala

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BLA

24
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“output” area of the amygdala

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CA

25
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Hyperorality/ hypersexual behavior (in monkeys) due to the absence of the amygdala

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Kluver-Bucy syndrom

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