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Chapters 12 & 13
Emotions, Learning and Memory
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/11/2011

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The three components of emotion
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cognitions, actions and feelings
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James-Lange Theory
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the autonamic arousal and skeletal actions come first
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pure autonamic failure
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output from the autonamic nervous system to the body fails either completely or almost completely
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panic attack
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extreme sympathetic nervous system arousal
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limbic system
Definition
the forebrain areas surrounding the thalamus
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parts of the limbic system
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cigulate gyrus, anterior thalamic nuclei, septal nuclei, frontal love, olfactory bulb, fornix, mamillary bodies, hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus (limbic lob)
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behavioral avtivation system
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Low to moderate autonamic arousal and a tendancy to approach, which could characterize either happiness or anger
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Behavioral Inhibition System
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increases attention and arousal, inhibits action and stimulates emotions such as fear and disgust
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fear
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helps excape from danger
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anger
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to attack intruder
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disgust
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to avoid something that may make us sick
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What provides the emotional filter?
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Prefrontal cortex
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Which hormone can cause a higher likely hood of aggressive behavior?
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Testosterone
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Startle Reflex
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the response to an unexpected loud noise
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CCK
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one of the amygdala's main excitatory neuromodulators; increases anxiety
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Benzodiazepines
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most commonly used anti-anxiety drugs
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GABA receptor
Definition
benzo's bind to this; includes a site that binds GABA as well as sites that bind other chemicals that modify sensitivity of the GABA site
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Alarm
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characterized by increased activity of the SNS readying the body for brief emergency activity
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resistance
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sympathetic response declines but the adrenal cortex secrets cortisol and other hormones that enable the body to maintain prolonged alertness, fight infections and heal wounds
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exhaustion
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individual is tired, inactive and vulnerable because the nervous system and immune systems no longer have the energy to sustain their hieghtened responses
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HPA axis
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the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal cortex
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leukocytes
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white blood cells
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antigen
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protein on the surface of a micro-organism in response to the immune system
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