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This seminal theory of emotion suggested that emotions arise from physiological arousal
What is the James-Lange Theory
This theory of emotion suggests that emotions stem from an interpretation of physiological arousal
What is Schacter's
This region of the brain is most critical for providing “top-down” control during attentional tasks
What is the lateral PFC
These are the four components of Baddeley’s working memory model
What are the Central Executive, Visuospatial Sketchpad, Phonological Loop, Episodic Buffer
Trivia questions assess this type of memory.
What is Semantic Memory?
The three attentional networks based on Petersen & Posner’s Attentional Model
Alerting, Orienting, Executive
Riding a bike is an example of this type of memory.
What is procedural memory?
Difficulty in identifying and communicating emotional states
Emotion can be classified among these two dimensions
What is Valence and Arousal?
These emotions represent carry over from one situation to another such that the emotion affects unrelated decisions
What are incidental emotions?
This type of thinking demonstrates your ability to explore multiple possible solutions in order to generate creative ideas
What is divergent thinking?
This classical conditioning process is said to occur after repeated exposure to the conditioned stimulus in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus resulting in a weakened conditioned response
What is extinction?
Role disputes are a main problem area in this type of psychotherapy
What is Interpersonal Therapy?
This is the region of the brain most commonly associated with motivation
What is the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC)?
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder are best able to identify this emotion
What is sadness?
This aspect of a therapist’s presentation significantly impacts the success of emotion-focused therapy
What is vocal quality and/or emotional presence?
The parvocellular and magnocellular neurons are two groups of cells in the thalamus that process visual information. This is the cell group that has a larger receptive field with lower spatial resolution.
Kandel’s studies in the Apylsia slug revealed this process by which repeated stimulus results in the growth of new synaptic connections between sensory and motor neurons
What is long-term potentiation?
This process describes the brain’s ability to reconfigure itself at retrieval to resemble the same activation or connectivity as it did during memory encoding
What is recapitulation?
Eastern cultures tend to prefer these types of emotions
What is low arousal?
Deficits in this component of Baddeley’s working memory model are found in children with dyscalculia
If you are high in this personality trait, you act in a rash, impulsive way and seek immediate gratification in highly emotional scenarios
What is urgency?
This phrase describes our tendency to make incorrect initial judgments about the meaning of a sentence based on the sentence structure
What is garden-pathing?
Culture is more likely impact this type of affect than actual affect
This particular step in emotion-focused therapy is critical for decreasing attachment anxiety.
What is the Blamer-Softening event?