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Question 1

What are emotions a mix of?

Answer 1

1) body arousal (slow-heavy breathing)
2) expressive behaviors (slouching)
3) Conscious melancholy

Question 2

What is the James-Lange theory?

Answer 2

We react physically before feeling emotion. (Keyword: feeling)

Question 3

What is the Cannon-Bard Theory?

Answer 3

emotions and body responses occurs at the same time

Question 4

What is the Schachter-Singer theory?

Answer 4

First we are physically aroused then must label the emotion we are feeling based of our environement (cognitive appraisal).

Question 5

What is the Zajonc-LeDoux theory?

Answer 5

some responses happen instantly
1) high road - responses that go through the brain
2) low road - responses happen immediately from amygdala

Question 6

What is the Lazarus theory?

Answer 6

proposes that emotions are determined by an individual’s conscious or unconscious interpretation (appraisal) of an event, rather than by the event itself or automatic physiological responses

Question 7

What’s the difference between the sympathetic and parasympathetic Nervous System?

Answer 7

Sympathetic arouses the body in crises but Para calms it

Question 8

Negative emotions occur in the _____ frontal lobe and Positive occur in the ____ frontal lobe.

Answer 8

Right;Left

Question 9

What are the 5 primary emotions?

Answer 9

1) Anger
2) Fear
3) Disgust
4) Sadness
5) Happiness

Question 10

What is the insula?

Answer 10

a neutral center deep in the brain

Question 11

What are polygraphs?

Answer 11

they detect lies that measure body responses

Question 12

One night Samar became frightened when she was startled by a noise while walking down the street alone. Which theory of emotion would say that her fear resulted from the startle response alone?

a. James-Lange

b. Cannon-Bard

c. Two-factor

d. Lazarus’

e. Schachter-Singer’s

Answer 12

a. James-Lange

Question 13

The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion states that

a. emotional response occurs before cognition.

b. physiological response occurs before emotional response.

c. emotional response occurs before physiological response.

d. cognition occurs before emotional response.

e. physiological response and emotion occur independently and simultaneously.

Answer 13

e. physiological response and emotion occur independently and simultaneously.

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of cognitive appraisal?

a. Randall is happy all day because he is savoring the wonderful events of yesterday.

b. Charles is frightened in a dark alley because he remembers stories of others being attacked in dark alleys.

c. Sherika labels the arousal she is feeling as attraction because she is in the presence of a good-looking man.

d. Dora is angry because she cannot figure out how to convince her husband to take her to Hawaii.

e. Ann is frustrated because traffic has made her late for an important meeting.

Answer 14

c. Sherika labels the arousal she is feeling as attraction because she is in the presence of a good-looking man.

Question 15

Which of the following characterizes the “low road” neural pathway to emotions?

a. Information travels directly from the thalamus to the amygdala.

b. The emotional response happens more slowly than it would via the “high road.”

c. It is an example of top-down processing.

d. It is more likely to be utilized for complex feelings.

e. It passes through the brain’s cortex.

Answer 15

a. Information travels directly from the thalamus to the amygdala.