Lesson 14

According to the Cannon-Bard theory, emotional experience and emotional expression a. are independently triggered by the same emotional stimuli. b. are dependent on one another. c. have a direct causal relation to one another.

a

Lesions to which of the following structures specifically block the conditioning of fear to a context? a. The hippocampus b. The medial geniculate nucleus c. The lateral geniculate nucleus. d. The auditory cortex

a

The structure in which the emotional significance of sensory signals is learned and retained is believed to be the a. amygdala. b. hypothalamus. c. medial geniculate nucleus. d. septum.

a

According to the James-Lange theory, the a. experience of emotion is not physiological. b. experience of emotion is produced by the brain's perception of the body's reactions to emotional stimuli. c. cortex is not involved in emotion. d. experience of emotion triggers the autonomic response to emotional stimuli.

b

Correlations between aggressive behavior and testosterone levels do not necessarily mean that high testosterone levels cause aggressive behavior because a. the effects of estradial cannot be ruled out. b. aggressive encounters often cause increases in testosterone levels. c. aggressive behavior is controlled by the amygdala. d. social aggression occurs only in males.

b

Pellis and colleagues found that giving cats an antianxiety drug tended to increase the efficiency of their mouse killing. These researchers concluded that this was due to a. reducing the threat of the mouse. b. reducing the defensiveness of the cat. c. increasing the anxiety of the mouse. d. reducing the aggressiveness of the cat.

b

According to the facial feedback hypothesis, our facial expressions influence our emotional experiences. Which theory of emotional processing might this support? a. Darwin's theory of the evolution of emotion. b. The Cannon-Bard theory. c. The James-Lange theory.

c

Kluver-Bucy syndrome appears to result, to a large degree, from bilateral damage to the a. cortex. b. hippocampus. c. amygdala. d. hypothalamus.

c

Bard's research on sham rage led him to conclude that the a. James-Lange theory is basically correct. b. neocortex plays a critical role in the expression of emotion. c. entire limbic system plays a critical role in the expression of emotion. d. hypothalamus and adjoining structures play critical roles in the expression of aggression.

d

Le Doux and his colleagues found that bilateral lesions to the __________ blocked auditory fear conditioning but that bilateral lesions to the __________ did not. a. frontal lobe; cingulate b. septum; lateral geniculate nucleus c. hippocampus; medial geniculate nucleus d. medial geniculate nucleus; auditory cortex e. hypothalamus; septum

d