Exam 11: Emotion

A male mouse housed alone in a home cage will readily attack a male mouse placed into the home cage, but will not attack a female mouse. Which of the following is a key factor as to whether the resident male mouse decides to attack or not attack the strange male mouse?

________ is one type of behavior that serves to prevent an attack by another animal.

The amygdala is involved in the recognition of ________communicated via ________.

The proposition that facial expressions of emotion are innate is supported by the observation that

The emotion of disgust involves activation of neurons within the

In experiments by LeDoux and others on classically conditioned emotional responses in rats, the unconditional emotional response is elicited by

Darwin argued that the expression of emotion in humans

Studies of hormone status and antisocial behavior in U.S. military veterans suggest that higher levels of antisocial activity are noted in

Recent research suggests that emotions may play the most important role in the formation of

Impulsive aggression may reflect ________, which can be treated with ________.

Female rhesus monkeys are more likely to engage in fights with male monkeys

Infusion of excitatory amino acid glutamate into the central nucleus of the amygdala of a rat would be expected to elicit

Which of the following distinguishes predation from most types of aggression?

Feelings of fear in humans are produced by electrical stimulation of the ________.

Discuss the James-Lange theory of emotion and cite evidence that supports this theory.

Which of the following is a key function of the hormonal secretions that accompany an emotion?

________ argued that human emotional expression evolved from similar expressions in other animals.

Aggressive behavior is most strongly related to

A key function of the right hemisphere is

Elevated brain levels of the transmitter ________ function to inhibit aggression.