Exam 12: Emotions, Aggression, and Stress

What is "stress immunization?"

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

Relaxation therapies like mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) have been shown to reduce activity in the

The controversial theory that facial expressions can influence emotional experience is called the _______ hypothesis.

Two friends walking down a busy street hear a loud bang; they both feel their hearts race in the moment of panic and turn to see that a truck has backfired. They laugh, attributing their pounding hearts to the surprise they felt at the sound. This scenario best illustrates which theory of emotion?

Experiments that involved removal of the temporal lobes of monkeys implicated the _______ in the behavioral changes seen in Klüver-Bucy syndrome.

Much of the research on emotion indicates that each of the three responses to emotional stimuli-the perception, the experience, and the expression of the emotion-

The James-Lange theory of emotions argued that emotions are the

The _______ hypothesis proposes that sensory feedback from facial expressions has an effect on mood.

Provide four examples of ways that brain lesions have been shown to affect emotions.

Patients with damage to the amygdala do poorly at interpreting facial expressions as indicators of

Decorticate rage refers to

Hypothesize why a hormone like testosterone, which makes animals (especially males) more aggressive, would have evolved.

Lesioning the central nucleus of the amygdala in a rat results in

Epinephrine is to the adrenal medulla as

Explain, with research evidence, the mechanism by which stress influences the immune system.

Which of the following is the important phenomenon discovered by Olds and Milner?

According to the views of psychosomatic medicine, susceptibility and resistance to illnesses are associated with

Stressful exam periods produce a(n)

Research suggests animals that show hyperaggressive behavior may have