The flashcards below were created by user
Anonymous
on FreezingBlue Flashcards.
-
Emotion:
a subjective mental state that is usually accompanied by distinctive behaviors as well as involuntary physiological changes
-
Sympathetic Nervous System:
the part of the autonomic nervous system that acts as the fight or flight system, generally activating the body for action
-
Parasympathetic Nervous System:
The part of the autonomic nervous system that generally prepares the body to relax and recuperate.
-
Facial feedback Hypothesis:
The idea that sensory feedback from our facial expressions can affect our mood
-
Evolutionary Psychology:
A field of study devoted to asking how natural selection has shaped behavior in humans and other animals.
-
Brain Self-Stimulation:
The process in which animals will work to provide electrical stimulation to particular brain sites, presumably because the experience is very rewarding.
-
Medial Forebrain Bundle:
A collection of axons traveling in the midline region of the forebrain.
-
Nucleus Accumbens:
A region of the forebrain that receives dopaminergic innervation from the ventral tegmental area. (Major component of brains reward circuitry)
-
Decorticate Rage:
Also called sham rage. sudden intense rage. Characterized by actions (such as snarling and biting in dogs) that lack clear direction
-
Limbic System:
- A loosely defined, widespread group of brain nuclei that innervate each other to form a network. these nuclei are implicated in emotion.
- Consists of the hypothalamus, the anterior thalamus, the cingulate cortex, the hippocampus, the amygdala, and the fornix.
-
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome:
A condition, brought about by bilateral amygdala damage, that is characterized by dramatic emotional changes including reduction in fear and anxiety.
-
Fear Conditioning:
A form of classical conditioning in which a previously neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with an unpleasant stimulus, like foot shock, until the previously neutral stimulus alone elicits the responses seen in fear.
-
Amygdala:
A group of nuclei in the medial anterior part of the temporal lobe
|
|