Scan Your Brain 454

Question 1

The theory that the subjective experience of emotion is triggered by ANS responses is called the _____ theory

Answer 1

James-Lange

Question 2

the pattern of aggressive responses observed in decorticate animals is called _____

Answer 2

sham rage

Question 3

Between the amygdala and the fornix in the limbic system is the _____

Answer 3

hippocampus

Question 4

A Duchenne smile, but not a false smile, involves contraction of the _____

Answer 4

orbicularis oculi

Question 5

aggression directed by the alpha male of a colony at a male intruder is called _____ aggression

Answer 5

social

Question 6

The usual target site of rat defensive attacks is the _____ of the attacking rat

Answer 6

face

Question 7

testosterone increases _____ aggression in rats

Answer 7

social

Question 8

in humans, most violent outbursts that are labeled as aggression are more appropriately viewed as _____ attacks

Answer 8

defensive

Question 9

The establishing of a fear response to a previously neutral stimulus, such as tone, is accomplished by fear _____

Answer 9

conditioning

Question 10

in the typical auditory fear-conditioning experiment, the _____ is a tone

Answer 10

conditional stimulus

Question 11

auditory fear conditioning to simple tones depends on a pathway from the _____ to the amygdala

Answer 11

medial geniculate nucleus

Question 12

unlike auditory fear conditioning to simple tones, fear conditioning to complex sounds involves the _____

Answer 12

auditory cortex

Question 13

the prefrontal cortex is thought to act on the _____ of the amygdala to inhibit conditioned fear

Answer 13

lateral nucleus