Emotional Behaviours

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Psychology (Biological Psychology) Quiz on Emotional Behaviours, created by Katie Morbey on 09/04/2019.
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Question 1

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The major components of an emotional response include:
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  • Feeling and behaviour
  • Behaviour and moods
  • Hormonal secretions and cognition
  • Behaviour and physiological components

Question 2

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The autonomic component of an emotional response functions to
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  • Mobilise energy for vigorous movement
  • Restore physiological balance after an emotional experience
  • Promote digestion of nutrients
  • Facilitate healing of damaged tissue

Question 3

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The neural systems that comprise fear are integrated by neurons within the
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  • Hypothalamus
  • Amygdala
  • Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
  • Thalamus

Question 4

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Activation of the _____ nucleus and the _____ elicits an emotional response
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  • Lateral; amygdala
  • Central; amygdala
  • Medial; hypothalamus
  • Central; hypothalamus

Question 5

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The expression of an emotional response is inhibited by input from the
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  • Lateral amygdala
  • Central amygdala
  • Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
  • Lateral hypothalamus

Question 6

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Elevated levels of which neurotransmitter inhibits aggression
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  • Glutamate
  • GABA
  • Dopamine
  • Serotonin

Question 7

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Which drug would be expected to inhibit aggression
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  • Haloperidol
  • Cocaine
  • Fluoxetine
  • Amphetamine

Question 8

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A human male who has a long record of assault, arson and murder, would be expected to show ____ levels of _____ in his cerebrospinal fluid
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  • Elevated; 5-HIAA
  • Reduced; 5-HIAA
  • Elevated; GABA
  • Reduced; GABA

Question 9

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Phineas Gage, who was injured when a steel rod was accidentally driven through his skull, exhibited impulsive, emotional behavior as a result of widespread damage to his
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  • Occipital cortex
  • Cingulate cortex
  • Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
  • Amygdala

Question 10

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Which of the following is an example of a moral dilemma
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  • Changing the ingredients of a recipe
  • Throwing another person onto a grenade to save many others
  • Walking away from a fight
  • Watching someone else throw another person onto a grenade to save many others

Question 11

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A combination of inadequate activation of the ______ and enhanced activation of the _______ may result in excessive anger that results in harm to other people
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  • Prefrontal cortex; hypothalamus
  • Prefrontal cortex; amygdala
  • Amygdala; prefrontal cortex
  • Hypothalamus; prefrontal cortex

Question 12

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Electrical stimulation of the ventral periaqueductal gray matter would produce
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  • Submissive behaviour
  • Defensive behaviour
  • Predatory behaviour
  • Prey behaviour

Question 13

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The adrenal glands respond to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and they release
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  • Dopamine
  • Serotonin
  • Cortisol
  • Glucose

Question 14

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The autonomic nervous system is divided into two parts; the ________ nervous system (which prepares the body for emergency action) and the _______ nervous system (which calms the body):
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  • Sympathetic; parasympathetic
  • Parasympathetic; Sympathetic
  • Central Nervous System; Peripheral Nervous System
  • Peripheral Nervous System; Central Nervous System

Question 15

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A search for happiness centre in the brain is unlikely to be successful because
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  • No-one has been able to define happiness
  • Fear activates brain areas identical to those of happiness
  • Happiness is only an epiphenomenon
  • Brain areas associated with particular emotions vary considerably
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