Describe the role of the brain in emotions. What brain structures are involved in the expression of emotions?
What will be an ideal response?
* The limbic system is the most important to emotions and includes the amygdala, hippocampus, and hypothalamus.
* The amygdala is essential in evaluating the emotional meaning of stimuli.
* Joseph LeDoux identified two routes for emotional information in the brain.
* There is evidence that individuals with right hemisphere damage are emotionally indifferent.
* Research has found when the connections between subcortical emotion centers and the cortex are damaged, individuals are unable to decide how they feel about choices they make.
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Which of the following differentiates between an interview and psychological tests in general?
a. how they are evaluated b. whether they are administered individually or in groups c. whether there is a standardized format d. their importance for gathering information in clinical settings
Unlike Piaget, psychologists currently believe that children can understand that other people's mental states differ from their own as young as what age?
a. two b. four c. seven d. eleven
According to the textbook, the reason for the gender bias in judging normality is due to
a. most psychologists being male. b. standards for normality being based on males. c. more women having mental disorders than men. d. more women seeking psychological help than men.
Hering-Helmholtz and Müller-Lyer both refer to
a. theories of hearing. b. theories of color perception. c. visual disorders. d. illusions.