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BioPsych 275
Chapter 17
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Psychology
2nd Grade
04/17/2010

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James-Lange theory
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stimuli is received and interpreted by the cortex. then autonomic and somatic responses trigger the experience of emotion in the brain. the autonomic produces the feeling of emotion
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Cannon-Bard theory
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feeling of fear and physiological reactions happen simultaneously
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Sham rage
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when a cortex is removed, even the slightest provocation will spark rage
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Kluver-Bucy syndrome
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overconsumption, increased sexual activity often inappropriate, investigates things with mouth, lack of fear. caused by damage to amygdala
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facial feedback hypothesis
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peoples naturally displaying their emotions through facial features. and in turn, your facial expression can affect your mood
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facial feedback hypothesis
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peoples naturally displaying their emotions through facial features
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Duchenne smile
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a legitimate genuine smile can be determined by the contracting of obricularis oculi
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target-site concept
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attacking in such a way that you can be offensive while still protecting your own vitals
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fear conditioning
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establishment of fear in response to a previously neutral stimulus
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contextual fear conditioning
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benign contexts come to elicit fear through their association with fear inducing stimuli
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lateral nucleus of the amygdala
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critically involved in the aquisition and storage and expression of conditioned fear. it is suppressed by the Prefrontal Lobe
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stressors
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stimulate the release of ACTH and in turn releases glucocorticoids from the adrenal cortex
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adrenal medulla
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release epinephrine and norepinephrine
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subordination stress
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a level of constant stress, by being constantly dominated by alpha males
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psychoneuroimunnology
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study of interations among psychological factors, the nervous system, and the immune system
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prophylactic
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preventative effects. such as vaccinations which inject a small amount of the virus into the body
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1)cell-mediated immunity
2)antibody-mediated immunity
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1)directed to T-cells
2)directed to B cells
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1)distress
2)ustress
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1)stress that hurts health
2) stress that helps health
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epigenetic
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transmission of traits that are passed on from parents to offspring that arent genetically passed
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1)right hemisphere model
2)valence model
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1)right side specializes in all emotions
2)right side specializes in negative emotion and left side specializes in positive emotion
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Charles Whitman
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the sniper who went on a killing rampage and ended up having a tumor on his amygdala
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