NAME: Intro to Psych Module 16 Emotion

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A) Peripheral Theories 1. Explain the difference between peripheral, appraisal, and affective neuroscience approaches to emotions. (Try to paraphrase and not just copy the definitions out of the book!) (6 pts.)

2. Which category of theory does James-Lange fall into? (1 pt.) What are two of the main criticisms of the James-Lange Theory? (4 pts.)

3. What is a major criticism of facial feedback theory? (2 pts.)

4. Physiological changes in the body and feedback from facial muscles ___________________________________ but do not _________________________ different emotions. (2 pts.) B) Cognitive Appraisal Theory 5. What did the Shachter-Singer Experiment prove? What did the subjects think was causing their emotions? (3 pts.)

6. What is the problem with C-A Theory and the emotion of fear? (Example of stumbling upon a snake in the text). (2 pts.)

C) Affective Neuroscience Approach 7. List and describe the 4 unique qualities of emotions (12 pts.) 1st)

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8. How does the amygdala help us evaluate stimuli? What technology helps back up this finding? (3 pts.)

9. What is the Faster Circuit and why is it important? (4 pts.)

10. Why might an under-developed prefrontal cortex get you in trouble? (2 pts.)

11. What is the neurological reason for people experiencing social phobias? (2 pts.)

D. Universal Facial Expressions 12. Last month you read about how dreams are different in Western and nonWestern cultures. How are certain facial expressions the same in both? Why are they the same? (4 pts.)

13. How are blind infants able to smile, if they cannot learn to by mimicking their parents? (2 pts.)

E. Functions of Emotions 14. What three important functions do emotions serve? (6 pts.)

15. How do emotions affect our attention and memory? (2 pts.)

16. Explain the Yerkes-Dodson Law. (2 pts.) .

F. Happiness 17. What is adaptation level theory, and how does it relate to happiness associated with lottery ticket winners? (4 pts.) 18. So if the lottery, etc. will not make you happy, then what accounts for long-term happiness? (2 pts.) 19. What is a happiness set point? How would you rate where yours is? How do genetics and environmental factors come into play? (5 pts.)

G. Cultural Diversity: Emotions Across Cultures 20. What are display rules? What do you think the display rules for anger and crying are in American culture? Are there differences allowed for age and gender? (5 pts.)

H. Emotional Intelligence 21. Define emotional intelligence: Think of someone you know who has E.I. and explain why you believe he/she does. (4 pts.)

22. What are mirror neurons, and how do they help us connect with others emotions? (4 pts.)

I. Application Lie Detection 23. How do polygraph tests supposedly measure whether or not someone is lying? What physiological responses are measured? (4 pts.)

24. Why are neutral questions an important part of the lie detection process? (2 pts.)

25. What are some of the problems associated with lie detector tests? (4 pts.)

26. How are brain scans being used to detect lying? (2 pts.)