True / False
1. Psychologists typically define emotion in terms of three components.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Introduction
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.11.01 – Discuss the role of the autonomic nervous system in emotional feelings.
TOPICS: 11.1 What is Emotion?
2. According to the James-Lange theory of emotion, we experience physiological changes first and then label these changes as an emotion.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Emotions and Autonomic Arousal
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.11.01 – Discuss the role of the autonomic nervous system in emotional feelings.
TOPICS: 11.1 What is Emotion?
3. The pattern of physiological reactions for each emotion is easily distinguishable by the person who is experiencing them.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Emotions and Autonomic Arousal
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.11.01 – Discuss the role of the autonomic nervous system in emotional feelings.
TOPICS: 11.1 What is Emotion?
4. The more important contributions to emotions come from the effects of the autonomic nervous system, not muscle activity.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Emotions and Autonomic Arousal
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.11.01 – Discuss the role of the autonomic nervous system in emotional feelings.
TOPICS: 11.1 What is Emotion?
5. People with damage to either the prefrontal cortex or the amygdala show difficulties processing emotional information.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: The Functions of Emotions
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.11.05 – Discuss the role of the amygdala in emotional processing.
TOPICS: 11.1 What is Emotion?
6. The limbic system—the forebrain areas surrounding the thalamus—has been regarded as non-critical for emotion.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Emotions and Autonomic Arousal
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.11.01 – Discuss the role of the autonomic nervous system in emotional feelings.
TOPICS: 11.1 What is Emotion?
7. Low serotonin turnover is associated with reduced aggression.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Attack Behaviors
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.11.04 – Describe what is known about the genetics of aggression and anxiety.
TOPICS: 11.2 Attack and Escape Behaviors
8. The amygdala is one of the main areas for integrating both environmental and genetic influences, and then regulating the current level of anxiety.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Fear and Anxiety
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.11.04 – Describe what is known about the genetics of aggression and anxiety.
TOPICS: 11.2 Attack and Escape Behaviors
9. Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder are more likely to have a suppressed startle reflex.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Fear and Anxiety
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.11.04 – Describe what is known about the genetics of aggression and anxiety.
TOPICS: 11.2 Attack and Escape Behaviors
10. Amygdala damage will result in the complete loss of the startle response.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: Fear and Anxiety
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.11.04 – Describe what is known about the genetics of aggression and anxiety.
TOPICS: 11.2 Attack and Escape Behaviors
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