L4.5 - Emotion Flashcards
1
Q
What was good about MacLean’s theory?
A
~ evolutionary perspective (MacLean’s Triune brain)
~ partial independence of emotion and cognition
2
Q
Amygdala conditioning
A
~ implicated in avoidance conditioning (Weiskrantz, 1950s)
~ pavlovian conditioning
~ lesions in amygdala = no conditioning
3
Q
Is an electric shock a conditioned or unconditioned stimulus?
A
unconditioned as shock IS pain
4
Q
Amygdala and fear conditioning
A
~ lateral nucleus of amygdala receives sensory info from thalamus
~ central nucleus projects to ANS, hormones, structure that lead to behaviour
