Deck 9: Emotion and Sleep

Question 1

The James-Lange theory of emotion states that:

A) physiological arousal leads to the emotion experienced.
B) psychological arousal leads to a change in physiology.
C) the physiological arousal of all emotions is the same.
D) arousal and emotion occur simultaneously.

Answer 1

physiological arousal leads to the emotion experienced.

Question 2

Schachter & Singer (1962) introduced to emotion:

A) the concept of reinforcement.
B) the concept of the amygdala.
C) the concept of cognitive appraisal.
D) the concept of classical conditioning.

Answer 2

the concept of cognitive appraisal.

Question 3

After lesions of the medial temporal lobe that induce Klüver-Bucy syndrome:

A) the animals did not eat.
B) the animals did not drink.
C) the animals did not show fear and hostility.
D) the animals did not show happiness.

Answer 3

the animals did not show fear and hostility.

Question 4

What is the main emotion investigated in animals?

A) Love
B) Hate
C) Fear
D) Sadness

Question 5

Which region of the brain is associated with the processes of fear in the animal?

A) Amygdala
B) Nucleus accumbens
C) Hypothalamus
D) Hippocampus

Question 6

Which behavioural procedure was used to identify the neural sites mediating emotion?

A) Long term potentiation
B) Conditioned emotional response
C) Conditioned place preference
D) Stimulus discrimination

Question 7

The central nucleus of the amygdala receives input from:

A) the basal nucleus.
B) the lateral nucleus.
C) the accessory basal nucleus.
D) All of the above.

Question 8

Activation of the locus coeruleus by the amygdala results in:

A) increased respiration.
B) increased vigilance.
C) increased piloerection.
D) increased blood pressure.

Question 9

The hippocampus provides what to emotion?

A) Intensity
B) Continuity
C) Context
D) Contingency

Question 10

Love is…

A) increased activity in the occipital cortex and hippocampus with a reduction in the activity of amygdala.
B) decreased activity in the occipital cortex and hippocampus with an increase in the activity of amygdala.
C) increased activity in the anterior cingulate cortex and the striatum with an increase in the activity of amygdala.
D) increased activity in the anterior cingulate cortex and the striatum with a reduction in the activity of amygdala.

Question 11

According to Rolls, emotions are elicited by:

A) rewards and punishers.
B) cognitive appraisal.
C) conditioned stimuli.
D) unconditioned stimuli.

Question 12

The prefrontal cortex is said to:

A) determine the emotion experienced by the amygdala.
B) disinhibit the amygdala's response.
C) inhibit the amygdala's response.
D) activate the amygdala.

Question 13

Stress activates the amygdala and it releases:

A) adrenocorticotrophic hormone.
B) corticotrophin releasing hormone.
C) corticotrophin inhibiting hormone.
D) glucocorticoids.

Question 14

An electroencephalogram can be used to:

A) measure the supply of CRH to the brain.
B) measure the CER in rats.
C) measure the level of emotion.
D) measure the stages of sleep.

Question 15

What are the two types of brain activity during the waking hours?

A) Theta and beta waves
B) Theta and gamma waves
C) Alpha and beta waves
D) Alpha and theta waves

Question 16

A cerveau isole is when:

A) the amygdala is lesioned and animals lack hostility and fall asleep.
B) the hippocampus is separated from the temporal lobe.
C) the frontal lobe is removed.
D) the forebrain is isolated from the rest of the brain.

Question 17

REM sleep is:

A) when the eyes move quickly under the eyelids.
B) when the eyes open during sleep.
C) when the eyes are inactive during sleep.
D) when an animal leaves one eye open during sleep to remain vigilant for predators.

Question 18

Drugs that are used to induce sleep work on which neurotransmitter system?

A) DA
B) NA
C) GABA
D) ACh

Question 19

One of the functions of sleep is to:

A) dream.
B) consolidate cognitive processes.
C) give cognitive processes a rest.
D) give the environment a rest.

Question 20

Which well-known drug is used to treat narcolepsy?

A) Diazepam
B) Chlorpromazine
C) Paracetamol
D) Methylphenidate