Exam 12: Emotions, Aggression, and Stress

Which evidence challenges the idea that specific emotions are linked to specific physical responses?

In order to condition a rat to associate a particular tone in context A with a shock, one would play a tone

The Schachter and Singer theory of emotion is also called the _______ theory because first circumstances provoke autonomic arousal, and then arousal is attributed to a specific emotion based on context.

The field of study concerned with the immune system and its interaction with the nervous system and behavior is called

Which statement about the neural innervation of the facial muscles is true?

Input to the ventromedial hypothalamus (or VMH) from the suprachiasmatic nucleus appears to regulate the daily variation in _______ in many animals, including humans.

List Ekman's eight basic emotional facial expressions. Which are believed to be universal? How might facial expressions of emotion confer an adaptive advantage?

Describe some of the physiological correlates of emotional arousal and discuss the degree to which these factors vary among and within different individuals.

Outline the research evidence that the amygdala plays an essential role in emotionality.

In fear conditioning, the lateral nucleus of the amygdala transmits information through the _______ to evoke hormonal responses.

In a classic study, soldiers training for parachute jumps showed a

_______ aggression is observed in most vertebrates, often involving competition over mating opportunities, while _______ aggression often occurs among individuals caring for young.

Which reaction would be considered the "high road" response to a bear appearing at your picnic?

Castration reduces _______, and injections of _______ increase it.

Which brain site is included in Papez's circuit of emotion?

Describe the classic Schachter and Singer experiment.

What is the evidence that the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) plays a central role in aggression?

The _______ theory of emotion posited that bodily responses evoke emotional experience.

In rats, lesions of the _______ nucleus of the amygdala inhibit blood pressure increases and constrain _______ behavior in response to conditioned fearful stimuli.

The concept known as _______ poses that early in life, a little stress followed by comforting reassurance better equips an animal to deal with stress as an adult.