Social Neuroscience

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Research finds that our brain activity changes in as little as ________ after seeing the faces of people from different groups. This supports the suggestion that social categorization is a truly automatic process.

hormones

The study of neuroendocrinology examines how the brain and ________ work together to coordinate the physiological functioning of the body.

adrenal gland; coritsol

According to one model, stress is the result of systemic activation of the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the ________. The result of these series of activations is the release of a hormone called ________.

lesion

Dr. Jayesimi is conducting research with rats. She surgically damages a rat's temporal lobe to see what functions will be impaired when the rat wakes up. This damage, called a(n) ________, helps us understand the functioning of different brain structures

Because mentalizing allows a person to interpret the intentions, beliefs, and emotional states of others.

Emotional intelligence involves being accurately aware of one's own feelings and emotional states, as well as those of other people. Why would it be accurate to say that mentalizing is an important part of emotional intelligence?

He is thinking about physical motion.

Ezra is currently experiencing a high level of activity in the superior temporal sulcus, or STS, of his brain. Which of the following is happening to Ezra at the moment?

neuroanatomy

Functional __________ involves classifying how regions within the nervous system relate to psychology and behavior.

increased sleepiness

Jaden is at the end of his first semester of college. He has four exams, three papers, and one major project due all within a 5-day period. He is feeling a lot of stress, and as a result his body is producing higher-than-usual levels of cortisol. Which of the following is nota likely result of this hormonal increase?

medial prefrontal cortex

Mahoganie is thinking about the party later this evening and of all the social interactions she will have. If her brain was being actively monitored via fMRI while she has these thoughts, you'd expect to see activity in her ________.

sympathetic

Paris has just found out that her company is downsizing their staff and that she is highly likely to lose her job at any moment. Her heartbeat is increasing, she feels warm, and she has to take several deep breaths to try to calm down. The part of her body that is currently 'speeding her up' is called the ________ nervous system.

amygdala

Rhesus monkeys were exposed to lesioning of a specific brain area, and when they woke up they showed a pronounced decrease in their fear responses. The part of the brain that was most likely under investigation in this study was the ________.

fight or flight

Selye (1950) referred to the activation of one's sympathetic nervous system during times of stress as the "__________" system

stereotype

The fanciest restaurant in town—The Upper Crust—has a "no children" policy. When Jeanette and Bryon complain they are informed by the manager that children are "loud, dirty, and difficult to control." These descriptions are examples of a(n) ________.

social neuroscience

The field of ________ emphasizes methods that focus on the brain to understand how we think and act toward other people.

Methodological; theoretical

The field of social neuroscience is best thought of as a combination of a _______ approach (using measures of the brain and body to study social processes) and a ________ orientation (seeing how the field can benefit the study of social psychology).

ingroup; outgroup

When Jason goes to a football game, he likes to sit with people who are cheering for the team that he likes. Those who cheer for the other team sit on the opposite side of the stadium. Relative to Jason, the fans of Jason's team would represent a(n) ________, while those who cheer for the opposing team are an example of a(n) ________.

social categorization

When Lev is out to lunch at a restaurant he sees a woman with very short hair, facial piercings, and several tattoos. He thinks to himself, "She must be into motorcycles." Lev has engaged in the process of __________.

automatic

When Surita sees a man walking around the shopping mall in December and notices that he is very robust, has a long white beard, and wears thin rimmed eyeglasses, she immediately assumes that he is a Santa Claus actor taking a break; she is engaging in a(n) _________ process.

People must be in negative moods in order to engage in social categorization.

Which of the following is NOT a difficulty in studying social categorization? Correct!

the temporal parietal junction

Which part of the brain is highly involved in thinking about the beliefs held by other people?

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Which type of brain imaging technique measures changes in the oxygenation of blood flowing in the brain?

electroencephalogram (EEG)

Which type of instrument would be useful for measuring the electrical activity that is generated by the brain's neurons?

simulation

________, which involves imitation of other peoples' behaviors or feelings, might help us understand other people better.