Exam 17: Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress, and Health

The James-Lange and Cannon-Bard theories make __________ predictions about the effects of feedback from somatic and autonomic activity on emotional experience.

The effects of adult stress on the hippocampus appear to be mediated by increases in

Functional brain imaging studies of the role of human medial prefrontal cortex in emotion have often employed

The true expressions that momentarily break through false expressions are called

Which neural structure has a particularly dense population of glucocorticoid receptors?

According to the __________ theory of emotion, the experience of emotion is produced by the brain's perception of the body's reaction to emotional stimuli.

Which of the following is not one of Ekman and Friesen's primary emotional expressions?

Rich descriptions of intraspecific aggression and defense in rats were derived from studies of the __________ model of aggression and defense.

Unlike false smiles, Duchenne smiles always involve the __________ muscles.

Brief stressors usually

Papez believed that emotional states were expressed through the action of the other structures of the limbic system on the

Separating rat pups from their mothers

In response to the threat of an auditory conditional stimulus, the __________ is thought to activate appropriate behavioral circuits in the PAG and sympathetic circuits in the hypothalamus.

The theory that facial expressions can influence emotional experience is called the

Describe the two major components of the physiological stress response. Draw a schematic diagram.

Illustrated here is the

Charles Whitman, the Texas Tower sniper, had a tumor in his

Stress that improves health has been termed

Each amygdala is

Which of the following is testosterone dependent in mice and many other mammalian species?