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Module 6

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Which of the following was NOT a debate about the nature of emotion that was just discussed?
is it human?
The oldest theory of emotion & physicality discussed (the James-Lang Theory) said what about emotions and physical states?
physical states come first; emotions are after the fact labels of these physical states
According to the facial-feedback hypothesis:
smiling makes you happier
Which brain areas are more related to "approach" type emotional behavior?
left frontal areas
Greater baseline right frontal activation correlates with all of the following EXCEPT
self-reports of being optimistic
The valence + arousal theory of emotional categorization says right frontal areas are for negative feelings, left frontal areas are for positive feelings. They also add something - which brain area is involved in sympathetic nervous system arousal?
right posterior areas
According to the valence + arousal theory of emotional categorization, what should you do before something scary like public speaking?
repeat 'I'm excited...I'm excited' to yourself
The fight or flight response
the sympathetic nervous system
The rest and digest response
the parasympathetic nervous system
Which of the following is the correct order of steps in initiating a sympathetic nervous system response?
hypothalamus to
pituitary glands to
adrenal glands
Which of the following structures is NOT part of the limbic system?
striatum
Which of the following nuclei of the amygdala are responsible for signaling to the hypothalamus?
corticomedial nuclei
central nucleus
The "high road" to the amygdala (from the cortex) has more synapses than the "low road" to the amygdala (from the thalamus)
true
Someone with amygdala damage who goes through fear conditioning will:
have an episodic memory but NOT display a fear response
We might have a slightly biased understanding of the amygdala from laboratory work... which of the following types of emotion is the most difficult to reliably elicit in laboratory settings?
high arousal positive emotions
Which of the following symptoms is NOT a typical result of amygdala damage
being unable to recognize the identity of faces
The basolateral nuclei of the amygdala send projections to all of the following brain areas EXCEPT:
hypothalamus
A greater portion of the nucleus accumbens is dedicated to LIKING things than to WANTING things.
false
Which parts of the insula represent primary sensory information, such as taste?
the posterior insula
Better performance on a heart-beat detection task correlated with
more insula activation
Increased activity in the insula can be observed in all of the following conditions EXCEPT:
being instructed to wrinkle your nose and raise your upper lip
Let's say you are experiencing an unpleasant trip to the dentist. As the densist is doing work in your mouth, you deliberately stare intently at the puppy poster on the ceiling and try to think exclusively about puppies and not at all about teeth! Which emotional regulation strategy are you using?
attentional deployment
Imagine (or don't - maybe this is true for you!) that you are scared of spiders. Your friend who has been playing around with a home EEG setup wants to test cognitive reappraisal techniques with you.They hook you up to their EEG and show you images of spiders for a while... you are very scared! Then they talk with you about how spiders are actually very useful creatures that help to catch other bugs and tell you stories about a pet tarantula named Sally that they had growing up and you start to feel more kindly towards spiders. Then they show you more images of spiders.What would you expect about your EEG/ERP responses during the first and second spider videwing?
your P300 would be higher amplitude during the first viewing
Someone is effectively regulating their emotions. You see an increase in activity in their DLPFC during this task. You would expect to see a corresponding decrease in activity in all of the following areas EXCEPT:
right inferior frontal gyrus
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
people are better at emotional regulation if they have just practices an executive control task
Posterior of ACC (anterior cingulate cortex)
motor
Middle section of ACC
cognitive control
Rostral (also ventral and anterior) section of ACC
emotion
Damage to the ACC sometimes results in all of the following symptoms EXCEPT:
memory loss
Parts of the ACC seem to be involved in processing all of the following EXCEPT:
Bitter tastes (disgust) *that's the insula
Which of the following global characterizations of the ACC is most accurate?
it integrates emotion and cognitive control to help select the 'optimal' motor action
The orbitofrontal cortex is also sometimes called:
the ventromedial prefrontal cortex
The orbitofrontal cortex is tightly connected with all of the following other brain regions EXCEPT:
hippocampus
Which emotion is most closely tied with orbitofrontal cortex?
regret
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
the facial expressions associated with different emotions vary widely across different human cultures
The amygdala seems to be especially involved in displaying & recognizing which emotion?
fear
Which of the following statements is TRUE about the activity patterns of the FFA of monkeys (the fusiform face area, a part of the ventral visual stream that encodes face information)
activity in the FFA (fusiform face area) is higher if the amygdala is intact
Which patten of damage would you expect to create emotional facial paresis (e.g. the inability to genuinely smile in response of happy or funny things)?
damage to the basal ganglia
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
our left hemisphere typically are better at recognizing emotional expressions
Which of the following is an example of propositional prosody?
What is the last day of school? (said with rising intonation)
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