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The three major components of emotion are __________.
What is autonomic/physiological arousal, actions/behaviors, and cognition/subjective feelings?
Activation of the _________ system mobilizes energy and prepares the body for the flight or fight response
What is sympathetic nervous system?
The strongest data supporting that we have a few major emotions that are universal comes from studies of ______________.
What are facial expressions?
__________ is a series of physiological responses to stressors that occur in three phases.
What is General Adaptation Syndrome?
When someone is calm and relaxed, there is more activation of this system
What is parasympathetic nervous system?
According to the ________ theory, we experience emotions AFTER autonomic arousal
What is James-Lange theory?
These occur suddenly and are marked by intense sympathetic nervous system arousal, sometimes feeling like a heart attack.
What are panic attacks?
People with emotional facial paresis are unable to do this.
What is make facial expressions when experiencing emotions?
The two systems activated during stress
What are the sympathetic nervous system and HPA axis?
Low turnover of this neurotransmitter has been observed in violent criminals and arsonists
What is serotonin?
Impulsiveness and poor decision making results from damage to the __________.
What is prefrontal cortex?
Aggressive behavior in males is largely influenced by this hormone
What is testosterone?
In facial-feedback studies, when people did this with their faces, they rated comics as being funnier.
What is forced to smile?
The main stress hormone; high levels lead to impairment in immune system functioning and memory.
What is cortisol?
The classic sickness behaviors and cognitive behaviors are caused by this
What are cytokines produced by the immune system?
It's difficult to find a 'happiness center' in the brain because ____________. (not a 1 word answer)
What is there is a lot of variability with brain areas associated with emotions?
This part of the brain is important for learned fears
What is amygdala?
Support for the James Lange theory comes from people who have had BOTOX because they have ________.
What is weaker than usual emotional responses?
This part of the brain is particularly vulnerable to stress and can result in memory problems.
What is hippocampus?
This hemisphere is more dominant for interpreting and expressing emotion
What is right hemisphere?
It's difficult to use serotonin levels to predict aggression because __________.
What is low serotonin levels have been associated with high aggression but also depression?
Overall, a large amount of data indicate that the amygdala is important for ________ on emotionally salient memories.
What is focusing attention?
People with damage to the amygdala have difficulty perceiving fearful expressions because they focus their attention ___________.
What is on the nose and mouth instead of eyes?
These are 3 ways to cope with stress.
What are social support, exercise, and mediation?
The Behavioral Inhibition System for emotions has more activity in the _____ frontal and temporal lobes and the Behavioral Activation System has more activity in the _____ frontal and temporal lobes.
What is right hemisphere; left hemisphere?