PSY 333 Exam 4 Study Guide: Abnormal Psychology Disorders and Treatment
Review
Emotion - correct answer ✔✔a subjective mental state that is usually accompanied by
distinctive cognition, behaviors, and physiological changes
Papez circuit - correct answer ✔✔associations between emotional changes and specific sites of
brain damage. The limbic system. Start and end at the hippocampus. Damage to this circuit
includes Parkinson's, Alzheimer's.
Plutchik and basic emotions - correct answer ✔✔grouped in four opposite pairs- joy/sadness,
affection/disgust, anger/fear, expectation/surprise. Researchers do not agree about the number
of basic emotions
Subcortical emotional processing - correct answer ✔✔median forebrain bundle(collection of
axons in midline region of forebrain). Important destination within this is nucleus accumbens-
release of dopamine here has to do w/ feelings of reward/pleasure.
Olds & Milner study - correct answer ✔✔rats press lever to give themselves electrical
stimulation on brain part called the septum, giving them a feeling of pleasure/reward
Decorticate rage - correct answer ✔✔sudden intense rage characterized by actions, such as
snarling and biting, that lack clear direction.
Folk psychology - correct answer ✔✔feelings trigger autonomic reactions. Stimulus-
perception/interpretation- particular emotion experienced- autonomic arousal
James-Lange - correct answer ✔✔autonomic reactions trigger feelings. Stimulus- perception/
interpretation- autonomic reaction- particular emotion experienced
, Cannon-Bard - correct answer ✔✔the brain must interpret the situation to determine which
emotion is appropriate. Emotion and autonomic reactions happen simultaneously. Stimulus-
perception/ interpretation- arousal and emotion happens simultaneously
Schachter's Cognitive - correct answer ✔✔we use context to cognitively attribute specific
emotions to arousal. Stimulus- perception/interpretation- specific pattern of autonomic arousal-
cognitive appraisal of current context- attribution of emotion responsible for arousal
Polygraph tests - correct answer ✔✔inaccurately called the lie detector. Device that measures
several bodily responses, such as heart rate and blood pressure.
deep facial muscles - correct answer ✔✔attached to the bone and produce larger movements
like chewing. Facial nerve in superficial and trigeminal nerve in deep
superficial facial muscles - correct answer ✔✔mostly attached to different points of the skin.
Change the shape of the mouth, eyes, nose or maybe create a dimple.
Facial feedback hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔suggests that sensory feedback from our facial
expressions can affect our mood, consistent with the James-Lange theory that sensations from
our body inform us about our emotions.
Ekman & facial expressions - correct answer ✔✔there are distinctive facial expressions for
certain emotions. Facial expressions of these certain emotions are interpreted similarly across
many cultures without explicit training.
Cultural differences - correct answer ✔✔different cultures have adopted different ways to
express some of the emotions. Cultures prescribe rules for facial expressions and they can
control and enforce those rules by cultural conditioning.
Review
Emotion - correct answer ✔✔a subjective mental state that is usually accompanied by
distinctive cognition, behaviors, and physiological changes
Papez circuit - correct answer ✔✔associations between emotional changes and specific sites of
brain damage. The limbic system. Start and end at the hippocampus. Damage to this circuit
includes Parkinson's, Alzheimer's.
Plutchik and basic emotions - correct answer ✔✔grouped in four opposite pairs- joy/sadness,
affection/disgust, anger/fear, expectation/surprise. Researchers do not agree about the number
of basic emotions
Subcortical emotional processing - correct answer ✔✔median forebrain bundle(collection of
axons in midline region of forebrain). Important destination within this is nucleus accumbens-
release of dopamine here has to do w/ feelings of reward/pleasure.
Olds & Milner study - correct answer ✔✔rats press lever to give themselves electrical
stimulation on brain part called the septum, giving them a feeling of pleasure/reward
Decorticate rage - correct answer ✔✔sudden intense rage characterized by actions, such as
snarling and biting, that lack clear direction.
Folk psychology - correct answer ✔✔feelings trigger autonomic reactions. Stimulus-
perception/interpretation- particular emotion experienced- autonomic arousal
James-Lange - correct answer ✔✔autonomic reactions trigger feelings. Stimulus- perception/
interpretation- autonomic reaction- particular emotion experienced
, Cannon-Bard - correct answer ✔✔the brain must interpret the situation to determine which
emotion is appropriate. Emotion and autonomic reactions happen simultaneously. Stimulus-
perception/ interpretation- arousal and emotion happens simultaneously
Schachter's Cognitive - correct answer ✔✔we use context to cognitively attribute specific
emotions to arousal. Stimulus- perception/interpretation- specific pattern of autonomic arousal-
cognitive appraisal of current context- attribution of emotion responsible for arousal
Polygraph tests - correct answer ✔✔inaccurately called the lie detector. Device that measures
several bodily responses, such as heart rate and blood pressure.
deep facial muscles - correct answer ✔✔attached to the bone and produce larger movements
like chewing. Facial nerve in superficial and trigeminal nerve in deep
superficial facial muscles - correct answer ✔✔mostly attached to different points of the skin.
Change the shape of the mouth, eyes, nose or maybe create a dimple.
Facial feedback hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔suggests that sensory feedback from our facial
expressions can affect our mood, consistent with the James-Lange theory that sensations from
our body inform us about our emotions.
Ekman & facial expressions - correct answer ✔✔there are distinctive facial expressions for
certain emotions. Facial expressions of these certain emotions are interpreted similarly across
many cultures without explicit training.
Cultural differences - correct answer ✔✔different cultures have adopted different ways to
express some of the emotions. Cultures prescribe rules for facial expressions and they can
control and enforce those rules by cultural conditioning.
