Exam 10: Emotion

A friend comes into your house and eats all the chocolate in your pantry. You come in and at first are very angry. Then you think to yourself, "That's actually better for me. Now I don't have to eat all those calories." What have you done?

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Question 21

What is an implicit measure? Describe a study covered in your text or in class that investigated cognition using both implicit and explicit measures.

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Question 22

When someone is emotionally aroused, the hippocampus plays a modulatory role in strengthening the consolidation of amygdala-based memory.

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Question 23

Klüver-Bucy syndrome is associated with damage to which brain structure or region?

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Question 24

Which of the following is true regarding the amygdala and emotional learning?

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Question 25

Which area of the frontal lobe does NOT show increased activity in the cognitive control of emotion?

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Question 26

A patient reports feeling intense sadness. Which of the following signs would indicate that this is true?

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Question 27

Which of the following is typically true of people with bilateral damage to the amygdala?

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Question 28

EEG studies have found that those with more activity are better able to suppress negative emotion voluntarily.

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Question 29

Emotional regulation refers to the processes that influence emotions in which of the following ways?

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Question 30

One pathway through which information about unconditioned or conditioned stimuli reaches the amygdala is known as the "high road" and has a cortical component.

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Question 31

Which of the following is a way in which the amygdala interacts with hippocampus-dependent memories?

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Question 32

A rat's performance on the Morris water maze, a test of spatial ability and memory, will be affected in what way by a lesion to the amygdala?

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Question 33

Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of emotions?

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Question 34

Patient S.P., who had bilateral damage to the amygdala, participated in a study involving the pairing of a blue square with an electric shock. S.P.'s skin conductance response SCR) and verbal report indicated that

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Question 35

Which of the following is NOT a well-established basic emotion?

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Question 36

The amygdala responds to fearful facial expressions

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Question 37

One of the two pathways of the amygdala is known as the "high road." This pathway can be characterized as and involves a .

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Question 38

The insula is involved in which of the following?

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Question 39

Describe the different brain areas involved in emotion. What role does the amygdala play in these systems? How does it differ from the role of other brain areas?

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A friend comes into your house and eats all the chocolate in your pantry. You come in and at first are very angry. Then you think to yourself, "That's actually better for me. Now I don't have to eat all those calories." What have you done?

What is an implicit measure? Describe a study covered in your text or in class that investigated cognition using both implicit and explicit measures.

When someone is emotionally aroused, the hippocampus plays a modulatory role in strengthening the consolidation of amygdala-based memory.

Klüver-Bucy syndrome is associated with damage to which brain structure or region?

Which of the following is true regarding the amygdala and emotional learning?

Which area of the frontal lobe does NOT show increased activity in the cognitive control of emotion?

A patient reports feeling intense sadness. Which of the following signs would indicate that this is true?

Which of the following is typically true of people with bilateral damage to the amygdala?

EEG studies have found that those with more activity are better able to suppress negative emotion voluntarily.

Emotional regulation refers to the processes that influence emotions in which of the following ways?

One pathway through which information about unconditioned or conditioned stimuli reaches the amygdala is known as the "high road" and has a cortical component.

Which of the following is a way in which the amygdala interacts with hippocampus-dependent memories?

A rat's performance on the Morris water maze, a test of spatial ability and memory, will be affected in what way by a lesion to the amygdala?

Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of emotions?

Patient S.P., who had bilateral damage to the amygdala, participated in a study involving the pairing of a blue square with an electric shock. S.P.'s skin conductance response SCR) and verbal report indicated that

Which of the following is NOT a well-established basic emotion?

The amygdala responds to fearful facial expressions

One of the two pathways of the amygdala is known as the "high road." This pathway can be characterized as and involves a .

The insula is involved in which of the following?

Describe the different brain areas involved in emotion. What role does the amygdala play in these systems? How does it differ from the role of other brain areas?

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