psyc humor ch 6 quizzes

Ekman and colleagues have identified ____ distinct types of smiles

18

Chan et al.'s (2012) brain imaging study using fMRI on humor comprehension supported the conclusion that there are _____ stages of humor processing

3

Those who have studied different types of smiles have given which of the following names for the "real" smile that is produced naturally when we are happy. Muscles around mouth and around the eyes are pulled up.

Duchenne display

In the talk by Robin Dunbar, you learned that laughter triggers the release of _____________ in the human brain

Endorphins

Where was "laughing yoga" invented?

India

Brain stimulation studies has shown that

Laughter can occur without being accompanied by mirth

Robert Provine, the scientist who studied human laughter, received his bachelor's degree from which of the following universities:

OSU

Trans-Cranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS is which of the following:

a device that pasess a magnetic pulse through somebody's skull and temporarily disorganize the function of the neurons there

Extended periods of mirth during humor experiences:

active both the sympathetic-adrenal-medullary (SAM) system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) system

Higher levels of ______ have been shown to be related to greater increases in the sympathetic nervous system activation

amusement

Any language deficit that occurs following brain damage (usually to the left hemisphere) is called:

aphasia

In the clip with Sophie Scott, you learned which of the following about laughter:

breathing increases 2.5 fold after we laugh

Which animals exhibit a "play face"

chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans

When the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) system is activated following a stressful experience, the adrenal cortex releases this stress hormone into the bloodstream

cortisol

Which of the following is true about fake smiles?

does not involve the contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscles

Humor is processed in the mesolimbic reward network in the brain, which is also involved in processing which of the following:

eating, sex/mating, drug addiction

One brain imaging technique involves measuring electrical activity on the scalp while participants carry out a cognitive processing task. It is referred to as:

electroencephalogram (EEG)

Which of the following is NOT one of the universal basic emotions that Ekman identified in human facial expressions?

hatred

Which of the following brain regions is involved in feeding, fighting, fleeing, and sexual intercourse

hypothalamus

Gelastic epilepsy causes the affected person to have seizures that can involve

laughter

Studies have shown that ____ causes muscle weakness

laughter

Pathological laughter refers to which of the following:

laughter that occurs without any triggering funny event

Social play occurs in

only mammals

Individuals with some health conditions, such as Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as tumors and lesions in various parts of the brain may suffer from:

pathological laughter

In the talk by Daniel Gilbert, he describes research that he has done that shows which of the following:

people are not always correct about what will make them happy in the future

In the talk by Dan Gilbert, you learned that there is a part of the brain that is involved when you think about whether you would prefer option A or option B. He calls this a simulator. What part of the brain is this?

prefrontal cortex

Research has shown that laughter is a genetically based trait that can be inherited in which of the follow?

rats

Research shows that patients with damage to this area of the brain are most likely to have trouble comprehending humor

right hemisphere

In Rebecca Saxe's TED Talk, she discussed that there is a brain region that is highly active when we are thinking about other people's thoughts, feelings, and knowledge. Which of the following is this brain area?

right temporo-parietal junction

In the talk by Robin Dunbar, you learned which of the following:

satisfaction with an interaction with friends is greater after laughter

The Duchenne display is a type of__

smile

Rebecca Saxe's TED Talk described a study in which participants had a region of their brain stimulated (externally) with a magnet while they performed a moral reasoning task (judging an act as an accident or a purposeful "naughty" act). When the stimulation disrupted activity in the brain area (i.e., decreased the amount of activity occurring), which of the following occurred?

the decreased activity led to placing more blame/guilt on the person in the story

Greengross and Miller (2001) suggested that humor is used during mate selection. Which of the following is also one of their findings:

those who are the funniest are the most intelligent

Which of the following can occur after a big bout of laughing:

we can feel weakness in our limbs

Robert Provine's research showed which of the following about naturally occurring laughter:

we laugh more at funny things we say than funny things our conversational partners say

In the talk by Robin Dunbar, you learned which of the following:

we laugh more when we are with others versus when we are alone

In studies in which people's brains were stimulated with electricity to see if laughter and/or mirth can be caused to happen, which of the following was shown:

when laughter is stimulated it can occur with or without an accompaning feeling of mirth

Bressler and Balshine (2006) found that

women preferred the humorous male target over the nonhumorous male target as a potential relationship partner