Exam 10: Emotional Expression and Regulation

The ________ is activated when fearful individuals are in the process of overcoming their fear.

Lesions of the __________ result in increased aggression, suggesting that this area inhibits aggressive displays.

The point of view holds that those that exhibit smiling behavior might actually make themselves feel happier?

Conditioned defeat endures for ________ in male hamsters.

The limbic system refers to a proposed circuit of specific brain areas involved in emotional processing.

Natural circulating levels of ________ provide a buffer against the effects of stress hormones in the brain and other tissue.

Primates display emotions with distinct ________________ during play, aggression, and threat.

Out-of-control anger is a feature of _________.

Voodoo death is also referred to as ________.

Levels of ________ are related to increased neurogenesis which may protect against the onset of stress-related mental illnesses.

The ________ is activated when fearful individuals are in the process of giving in to their fear.

________ is displayed when a person is highly emotionally aroused, as with out-of-control anger.

A person with Williams syndrome would likely _________.

Based on Papez's thinking, what projection might lead someone who had just been frightened to make an advance toward someone they find attractive?

When male prairie voles are castrated ________.

Substantial evidence suggests that acute (short-duration) stress exposure has which of the following effects on the immune system?

________ is characterized by increased exploratory behavior and a dampening of emotional responses like fear and aggression.

Amygdala lesions in monkeys appear to ________ when the monkey is placed in non-threatening social situations.

In order to reproduce, the parasite Toxoplasma gondii __________________ in its rodent host.

An increase in vagal tone is linked to _______.