Physio Chapter 11

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The major components of an emotional response includeSelect one:

a. autonomic activity, moods, and behaviors.

b. behavior and moods.

c. hormonal secretions and cognition.

d. behavior, autonomic activity, and hormonal secretions.

e. feelings and behavior.

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behavior, autonomic activity, and hormonal secretions.

Front 2

Infusion of ________ into the central nucleus of the amygdala would be expected to promote fear and agitation.Select one:

a. an opiate receptor antagonist

b. Prozac

c. a cholinergic receptor agonist

d. a benzodiazepine receptor agonist

e. glutamate

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glutamate

Front 3

magine that all members of your class have been tested to determine the level of the serotonin metabolite 5-HIAA in their cerebrospinal fluid. Which of the following would you predict using this information?Select one:

a. Low 5-HIAA levels will be associated with good exam performance.

b. Those with low 5-HIAA levels will be the thinnest persons in the class.

c. Male classmates with high 5-HIAA levels will not be alive ten years from now.

d. High 5-HIAA levels will be associated with poor sleep patterns in males.

e. Male classmates with low 5-HIAA levels are unlikely to be alive ten years from now

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Male classmates with low 5-HIAA levels are unlikely to be alive ten years from now

Front 4

The autonomic component of an emotional response functions toSelect one:

a. restore physiological balance after an emotional experience.

b. promote digestion of nutrients.

c. alter skin coloring so as to provide an emotional cue to observers.

d. facilitate healing of damaged tissue.

e. mobilize energy for vigorous movement.

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mobilize energy for vigorous movement.

Front 5

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

a. decreased blood flow to the muscles

b. formation of glycogen within the muscles

c. increased blood flow to the digestive organs

d. stimulation of defecation

e. formation of glucose within the muscles

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formation of glucose within the muscles

Front 6

Activation of the ________ nucleus of the amygdala elicits an emotional response.Select one:

a. lateral

b. medial

c. cortical

d. postero-lateral

e. central

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central

Front 7

The emotional components that comprise fear are integrated by neurons within theSelect one:

a. amygdala.

b. orbitofrontal cortex.

c. reticular activating system.

d. thalamus.

e. medial hypothalamus.

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amygdala.

Front 8

A species-typical defensive response for a rat would includeSelect one:

a. freezing of motor movements.

b. eating.

c. grooming.

d. sniffing the fear stimulus.

e. approach to the fear stimulus.

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freezing of motor movements.

Front 9

Prenatal exposure to androgensSelect one:

a. does not alter aggression but does modify sexual orientation.

b. increases aggression behavior in most nonhuman species.

c. increases aggressive behavior in all studied species.

d. has effects that are offset by socialization.

e. results in more intense attraction to toys and games preferred by girls.Feedback

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increases aggressive behavior in all studied species.

Front 10

Most of the research on emotions has focused onSelect one:

a. fear and euphoria.

b. those experienced during a good meal.

c. those associated with success or anger.

d. those associated with reproductive behaviors.

e. anger and fear.

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anger and fear.

Front 11

The capacity of early testosterone exposure to sensitize brain circuits for aggression is an example of a(n) ________ hormone effect.Select one:

a. feminization

b. subcortical

c. biphasic

d. organizational

e. activational

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organizational

Front 12

A human male who has a long record of assault, arson, and murder would be expected to show ________ levels of ________ in his cerebrospinal fluid.Select one:

a. elevated; GABA

b. reduced; 5-HIAA

c. elevated; opiates

d. elevated; 5-HIAA

e. reduced; GABA

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reduced; 5-HIAA

Front 13

The expression of emotional responses is inhibited by inputs from theSelect one:

a. lateral hypothalamus.

b. lateral amygdala.

c. ventromedial prefrontal cortex.

d. dorsolateral accumbens.

e. central nucleus of the amygdala.

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ventromedial prefrontal cortex.

Front 14

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

a. GABA

b. dopamine

c. acetylcholine

d. glutamate

e. serotonin

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serotonin

Front 15

An intact ________ is required in order for a conditioned emotional response to alter blood pressure.Select one:

a. orbitofrontal cortex

b. lateral hypothalamus

c. lateral hippocampus

d. periaqueductal gray matter

e. medial nucleus of the amygdala

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lateral hypothalamus

Front 16

The ability to recognize emotions expressed by others is most likely to be impaired after damage to theSelect one:

a. cerebellum.

b. basal ganglia.

c. dorsal horn of the spinal cord.

d. right hemisphere.

e. left hemisphere.

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right hemisphere.

Front 17

Darwin argued that the expression of emotion in humansSelect one:

a. evolved from similar expressions in other animals.

b. varies greatly among individuals.

c. is unique to each culture.

d. is learned during an early critical period.

e. involves muscle movements of the hands but not the face.Feedback

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evolved from similar expressions in other animals.

Front 18

Rapid recognition of facial emotional expression is mediated by signals carried by the ________ system.Select one:

a. parvocellular

b. retino-tectal

c. koniocellular

d. retino-striatal

e. magnocellular

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magnocellular

Front 19

Because the amygdala receives input from cortical and subcortical sources, a person made blind by cortical damage ________.Select one:

a. is unable to express their emotion using tone of voice.

b. can recognize object movement.

c. is unable to infer emotion from tone of voice.

d. can recognize body posture.

e. can recognize facial emotional expressions

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can recognize facial emotional expressions

Front 20

Pure word deafness is produced by damage to the ________ cortex.Select one:

a. left temporal

b. right orbitofrontal

c. right parietald. left parietal

e. right temporal

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left temporal

Front 21

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

a. blind children show different facial emotional expressions than do sighted persons.

b. some facial emotion expressions are only expressed in adulthood.

c. facial expressions of emotion change over time in a culture.

d. the same facial expression for an emotion is observed in all cultures.

e. facial expressions of emotion vary by culture.

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the same facial expression for an emotion is observed in all cultures.

Front 22

According to the James-Lange theory, feelings of emotions areSelect one:

a. dependent upon the genetic makeup of an individual.

b. produced by feedback from the behaviors and physiological responses caused by emotion-producing situations.

c. are produced by activity within the thalamus in response to sensory cues.

d. the causes of physiological reactions to events.

e. culturally determined responses to stimuli.

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produced by feedback from the behaviors and physiological responses caused by emotion-producing situations

Front 23

The observation that a person with ________ cannot understand speech but can infer emotion from ________ suggests that word recognition and emotional vocal recognition are independent functions.Select one:

a. pure word deafness; tone of voice

b. pure word deafness; body posture

c. word deafness; use of emotional words

d. affective blindsight; body posture

e. Broca's aphasia; use of emotional words

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pure word deafness; tone of voice

Front 24

Which disorder would greatly impair the capacity of a person to succeed in acting?Select one:

a. emotional facial paresis

b. unilateral damage to the caudate nucleus

c. unilateral damage to the substantia nigra

d. volitional facial paresis

e. Broca's aphasia.

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emotional facial paresis

Front 25

The emotion of disgust involves activation of neurons within theSelect one:

a. left hemisphere.

b. insular cortex.

c. hypothalamus.

d. substantia nigra.

e. corpus callosum.

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insular cortex.