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Chapter 13: Emotion and Mood

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Chapter 13: Emotion and Mood

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13-1 §13.1 source ↗

Three interrelated variables are presented repeatedly throughout the chapter that represent important factors underlying emotions. Which of the following is NOT included in this list?
  1. a.
    Brain systems
  2. b.
    Physiological states
  3. c.
    Context
  4. d.
    Hormonal changes

Answer

D. Hormonal changes

13-3 §13.1 source ↗

Emotions that generate changes in the corrugator supercilii and zygomaticus facial muscles are generally observed during states of:
  1. a.
    happiness.
  2. b.
    anger.
  3. c.
    suppressed moods.
  4. d.
    surprise.

Answer

C. suppressed moods.

13-5 §13.1 source ↗

The Cannon-Bard position was strengthened by their observation that cats display species typical emotional reactions to threatening stimuli, even when:
  1. a.
    the flow of information from the viscera to the brain is interrupted by severing visceral and spinal nerves.
  2. b.
    body to brain communication is blocked by removing the vagus nerve.
  3. c.
    the hypothalamus is damaged.
  4. d.
    they are placed in direct opposition to an angry dog.

Answer

A. the flow of information from the viscera to the brain is interrupted by severing visceral and spinal nerves.

13-7 §13.1 source ↗

The Cannon-Bard theory also proposed that “neural signals sent to initiate physiological reactions in the body to adapt to the specific nature of the experience” are generated in the:
  1. a.
    hypothalamus and amygdala.
  2. b.
    cortex and thalamus.
  3. c.
    thalamus and hypothalamus.
  4. d.
    amygdala and cortex.

Answer

A. hypothalamus and amygdala.

13-10 §13.1 source ↗

According to the Schacter-Singer theory, the emotional responses reported by subjects in the “Epinephrine-INFORMED” group, that were exposed to either the Angry or Euphoric actor occurred because:
  1. a.
    epinephrine injections produce strong physiological arousal.
  2. b.
    they used the INFORMED knowledge regarding the physiological changes they would feel to label the emotional changes they experienced.
  3. c.
    they used the current CONTEXT, (i.e. Angry or Euphoric), to develop a label for the UNEXPLAINED, physiological changes they experienced.
  4. d.
    Both a and b

Answer

B. they used the INFORMED knowledge regarding the physiological changes they would feel to label the emotional changes they experienced.

13-11 §13.1 source ↗

Which of the following theorists developed this account to explain how emotional reactions emerge: “what produces emotional reactions is not the stimuli we encounter externally, but how we subjectively interpret or appraise these stimuli relative to personal variables, such as the meaning stimuli present in terms of our goals in life?”
  1. a.
    Cannon-Bard
  2. b.
    Schacter-Singer
  3. c.
    Appraisal Theorists
  4. d.
    James-Lange

Answer

C. Appraisal Theorists

13-13 §13.1 source ↗

Which view of emotions, stresses that the brain itself, rather than individual features of environmental stimuli, is what adds meaning to, or predictions of, what is occurring in our immediate circumstances?
  1. a.
    Cannon-Bard
  2. b.
    Schacter-Singer
  3. c.
    Appraisal Theorists
  4. d.
    Constructionist Theorists

Answer

D. Constructionist Theorists

13-15 §13.2 source ↗

The experimental procedures Paul Eckman used to generate his initial findings on emotion identification were also applied to three separate groups of non-English speaking natives in New Guinea. It was necessary for Eckman to conduct this study to:
  1. a.
    verify the ability to perceive emotions in previous studies was not the result of exposure to Western cultural influences such as television, magazines, or movies.
  2. b.
    determine if separate non-Western cultures experienced all of the 6 basic emotions.
  3. c.
    prove that nomadic cultures exposed to environmental dangers on a daily basis are less skilled at identifying emotional responses of fear and surprise.
  4. d.
    Only b and c

Answer

A. verify the ability to perceive emotions in previous studies was not the result of exposure to Western cultural influences such as television, magazines, or movies.

13-17 §13.2 source ↗

The subjective experience of emotions is traditionally assessed by:
  1. a.
    providing study participants with a SELF-REPORT survey.
  2. b.
    measuring the intensity and duration of a subject’s personal emotion with EEG.
  3. c.
    equipping study participants with Galvanic Skin Conductance (GSR) electrodes to detect emotional reactions to highly arousing videos or pictures.
  4. d.
    Only b and c

Answer

A. providing study participants with a SELF-REPORT survey.

13-19 §13.3 source ↗

Heinrich Klüver and Paul Bucy (1938) removed large parts of the brain in monkeys to produce the well-known Kluver-Bucy syndrome. Which brain region was NOT removed in this type of surgery?
  1. a.
    Temporal lobe
  2. b.
    Amygdala
  3. c.
    Hippocampus
  4. d.
    Hypothalamus

Answer

D. Hypothalamus

13-21 §13.4 source ↗

The thalamus plays a major role in emotions by receiving and processing:
  1. a.
    interoceptive signals from the body.
  2. b.
    exteroceptive signals from the environment.
  3. c.
    changes in emotional state.
  4. d.
    Only a and b

Answer

C. changes in emotional state.

13-23 §13.4 source ↗

One of the first clues prompting scientists in the 1950s to examine the role of neurotransmitters in depression originated from:
  1. a.
    observations of primates given the drug reserpine.
  2. b.
    observations of humans with tuberculosis that were sanctioned to a sanitorium.
  3. c.
    new evidence showing the beneficial effects of dopamine on mood.
  4. d.
    None of the above

Answer

B. observations of humans with tuberculosis that were sanctioned to a sanitorium.

Fill in the Blank 13.1 §13.1 source ↗

It is now known that activation of the corrugator supercilii and zygomaticus facial muscles produces the facial expression of ________.

Answer

frowning

Fill in the Blank 13.3 §13.2 source ↗

The emotion of ________ would occur following an unexpected event and is very brief.

Answer

surprise

Fill in the Blank 13.5 §13.3 source ↗

The limbic and subcortical structures of the ________ allow you to adapt to environmental changes.

Answer

Papez circuit

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