Emotions

Question 1

what brain system is involved in emotions

Answer 1

Limbic system

Question 2

what structures of the brain make up the limbic system

Answer 2

Hypothalmus
Amygdala
Thalamus
Hippocampus

Acronym: HAT Hippo

Question 3

what is the Limbic system responsible for in addition to regulating emotions?

Answer 3

storage/ retrieval of memories

Question 4

Sensory relay station (signals from nerves end up here)

Answer 4

Thalamus (information from all senses except smell)

Question 5

Agression center of the brain

Answer 5

amygdala

Question 6

what syndrome results from destroying amygdala?

what is it characterized by?

Answer 6

• Kluver-Bucy syndrome

- putting objects in mouth a lot and inappropriate behavior

Question 7

structure of the brain that plays a key role in forming new memories

what other functions does this does this structure perform?

Answer 7

Hippocampus

1)Executive functions

Question 8

what hemisphere of the brain does positive emotion evoke more activity?

Answer 8

Left

Question 9

what hemisphere of the brain does Negative emotion evoke more activity?

Answer 9

Right

Question 10

This region of the brain is responsible for higher order functions (what makes us human)

Answer 10

prefrontal cortex

Question 11

what are the 3 components to emotion?

Answer 11

Physiological
Behavioral
Cognitive

Question 12

who postulated that there are 6 universal emotions?

What are they?

Answer 12

Paul Ekman
Paul EEee-KKK 
man-->emotion
-Happiness
-Sadness
-Surprise
-fear
-Digust
-Anger

Question 13

Theory of emotion:

1) Event
2) Physiological response
3) Interpretation of response
4) emotion

Answer 13

James Lang Theory

Question 14

Theory of Emotion:

1) Event
2) Phys response and Emotion

Answer 14

Cannon-Bard

Question 15

Theory of Emotion:

1) Event
2) Phys response
3) Identify reason for response
4) Emotion

Answer 15

Schacter- Singer

Question 16

Theory of Emotion

1) Event
2) Appraise(label)
3) Emotion + Physiological response

Answer 16

Lazarus

“LAzarus= LAbel”

Question 17

Fill in the Theory of Emotion for the number:

1) Physiological–>emotion
2) Cognitive–>Emotion+Phys
3) Physiology+Emotion(togeth)
4) Phys +cognitive–>emotion

Answer 17

1) James Lang
2) Lazarus
3) Cannon Bard
4) Schachter-Singer

Question 18

Law that states the people perform better when moderatly aroused.

Answer 18

Yerkes-Dodson Law

Question 19

It encompasses both the stressor and the stress reaction

Answer 19

stress

Question 20

Threatening/challenging even

Answer 20

stressor

Question 21

subsequent physical and emotional response

Answer 21

Stress reaction

Question 22

Theory that states stress arises less from physical events but more from the assessment/interpretation of those stresses/events

who is responsible for this theory?

Answer 22

Appraisal Theory of Stress

Richard Lazarus

-Same theory of emotion guy

Question 23

Initial evaluation(assessment) of stress (right now)

Answer 23

Primary Appraisal

Question 24

what are the 3 interpretations that one can make in the primary appraisal stage of stress?

Answer 24

Irrelevent- the stessor isnt going to effect me

Benign- the stessor is positive

Stressful- the stressor is negative

Question 25

what is secondary appraisal?

Answer 25

what harm has this stressor caused or what harm will it cause? Harm/ Threat

Question 26

what are the 4 categories of stressors?

Answer 26

1) significant life changes 2) catastrophic events 3) Daily Hassels 4) Ambient stressors

Question 27

what is an ambient stressor?

Answer 27

global stressors that are integrated into the ENVIRONMENT can be unaware of these Example: Pollution, Noise, Crowding

Question 28

who came up with the "fight or Flight" response definition of the sympathetic nervous system?

Answer 28

Walter Cannon Mnemonic: Cannons are a form of fighting

Question 29

what is the endocrine response to stress?

Answer 29

1) Adrenal Medulla Releases Catecholamines 2) Adrenal Cortex releases Cortisol (glucocorticoid) acronym CORTisol is released by the CORTex

Question 30

what are examples of Catecholamines

Answer 30

Epinephrin/adrenaline and Norepinephrine/ noradrenaline

Question 31

what is the role of cortisol in stress?

Answer 31

redistributes glucose energy in body supresses Immune system

Question 32

where are our adrenal glands located?

Answer 32

On top of your kidneys

Question 33

what is the opposite response to the fight or flight response? What hormone is responsible for this response?

Answer 33

"Tend or Befriend" Oxytocin -Integrated with estogen(more common in women)

Question 34

Hans Selye's overview of the Stress response, in which he identified 3 distinct phases what are the phases?

Answer 34

General Adaptation Syndrome (G.A.S) 1-Alarm 2-Resistance 3-Exhaustion

Question 35

inability to experience pleasure--> so perceive more stress

Answer 35

anhedonia

Question 36

what physiological areas of the body are effected by Chronic Stress?

Answer 36

1) Heart 2) Metabolism 3) Reproductive 4) Immune Function

Question 37

Chronic stress effects on heart

Answer 37

hypertension + vacular disease leads too --->Coronary Artery disease

Question 38

Chronic stress effects on effects on reproduction

Answer 38

In women--reduced FSH/LH In Men-Reduced Testosterone

Question 39

what are the two areas of the brain with the most glucocorticoid(cortisol) receptors

Answer 39

Hippocampus and frontal Cortex

Question 40

what is the major emotional responses to stress?

Answer 40

Depression

Question 41

what part of the frontal cortex stops responding to serotonin when the body is stressed?

Answer 41

anterior cingulate (anterior part of the frontal cortex) (acronym: anterior cingulate responds to serotonin- Anterior designers are CINGLEate (single) and love SEXetonin....when they get stressed they stop having SEXetonin (stop responding to serotonin)

Question 42

what are 3 strategies to cop with stress?

Answer 42

1) Perceived control "king of your own castle" 2)optimism 3)social support

Question 43

refers to the coping responses of minority groups in an attempt to fit in

Answer 43

Low-effort syndrom or low effort coping -minorities put in less effort because they believe they are being discriminated against