Exam 12: What Causes Emotional and Motivated Behavior 

_____ is (are) the most common and least disabling form of anxiety disorder.

Learned taste aversion can be abolished by lesions to the:

Courtney had part of her amygdala removed. Discuss the symptoms Courtney may experience as a result.

_____ are biochemicals that can act as chemosignals to affect the physiology or behavior of another animal.

Reward is thought to be regulated largely by the:

Differentiate between generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and phobias.

Learned taste aversion:

The correct order of connections along the olfactory pathway is:

What is a homeostatic mechanism?

Innate releasing mechanisms:

Richard is normally a very polite individual. However, following a recent car accident, Richard has begun to act inappropriately in social situations, such as swearing in front of his grandparents and choosing inappropriate conversation topics with his parents (sexual intercourse, for example). Richard should see a neuropsychologist because he may have damage to his:

Which of the following hormones controls secretions of the mammary glands?

Neuroimaging studies suggest that the insula identifies the _____ of flavors, whereas the orbitofrontal cortex codes for the _____ of tastes.

The correct order of species with the smallest to the largest receptor surface area in the olfactory epithelium is:

Generally speaking, the _____ controls releasing hormones, whereas the _____ synthesizes various hormones.

What would anhedonia result from?

If I were receiving brain stimulation and I suddenly felt anxious and fearful, the MOST likely site of stimulation would be the:

High estrogen levels in female rats:

"Supertasters" who are able to taste the substance PROP are extremely sensitive to _____ tastes.

The constructivist theory of emotion argues that: