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| The part of the brain that serves as an interface between brain mechanisims in automatic emotional response and those involved in the control of complex behavior. |
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| T/F: The orbital cortex is directly involved in making judgments and conclusions about events. |
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| F: It is involved in translating the judgements into appropriate feelings and behaviors |
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| If a person is deficient in 5-HT, he will most likely become involved in (high/low) risk behaviors. |
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| Why does Prozac decrease irratability and aggression? |
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| Prozac in a 5-HT agonist. |
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| Higher levels of 5-HT mean (higher/lower) levels of aggression? |
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| Studies by vom Saal (1983) suggest that a prenatal female rat located between two male rats in the mother's fetus will be (more/less) aggressive due to the amount of ___________ to which she is exposed. |
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| A prenatal rat that is located between two male rats is known as the ____ female. |
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| T/F: Antisocial activity normally corresponds to the reduced sized of the amygdala which is caused by an increase of gray matter in the prefrontal cortex. |
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| F: Antisocial behavior is caused by the reduction of PAG in the prefrontal cortex. |
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| Since a man's sneer and wolf's snarl appears to resemble each other, Darwin determined that they were (innate/learned) behaviors. |
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| In addition to observing and comparing animal behaviors to human behaviors, Darwin determined that some behaviors were innate by... |
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| comparing behaviors cross culturally. |
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| The (right/left) hemisphere plays a more important role than the (right/left) hemisphere in comprehension of emotion. |
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| Whereas the right hemisphere recognizes the conotative meaning of words, the left side recognizes the ________ meaning of words. |
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| Examining the brain damage of 108 patients who were not able to recognize facial expressions, Adolps et. al (2000) concluded that the ______ in the _______ hemispehre played an important role in the recognition of facial expressions. |
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| somasensory cortex; right |
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| When actors portray a sad emotion they imagine themselves in a sad situation in order to move the muscles needed to express the sad emotion. This would be an example of _________________. |
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| volitional facial paresis |
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| A person who can move specific facial muscles only when expressing emotions most likely has ________________. |
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| volitional facial paresis |
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| T/F: The amygdala is involved in the emotional expression of negative feelings. |
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| F: The amygdala is in involved in the RECOGNITION of of facial expression of emotions. |
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| According to the James-Lange theory, if you are being chased by a bear, how do you know you are feeling scared? |
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| You would know you were scared from your physiological feedback. |
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| A (right handed/left handed) person would more likely be albe to recogize emotions in the voice or facial expressions of other people. |
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| Left handed as they are more apt to be right hemisphere dominant. |
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| Sackeim and Gur (1978) found that the _______ portion of a person's face was more emotionally expressive. |
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| Why does the left side of the face express one's emotions more that the the right side of the face? |
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| Because motor control is countralateral. |
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| A;LSKDJF;ALSJF;LASJF;LASKJEF;LKJASDFLKJ |
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