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Sarah was startled by loud bang. She immediately felt frightened, broke out in a cold sweat, and jumped out of bed to run for cover-all in the same instant. This description of Sarah experience BEST fits the ______ theory of emotion.  Cannon-Bard The idea that emotion is associated with physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation is tied to the _____ of emotion.  Schachter-Singer theory Gian is doing an experiment where he gets participants to enter a room and sit in one of 2 chairs. Chair 1 is near the empty plate that had cake on it that the participant had previously been given (and enjoyed). Chair 2 is near a stack of black multiple choice answer sheets similar to one the participant used for a particularly hard math test. When Gian looks at his results from his many participants, which chair would "Most" of his participants choose?  In general participants would unconsciously choose a chair 1 that is closer to the food plate (associated with positive emotions) and further from the test sheets (associated with negative emotions) The area(s) of the brain associated with affect is/are the:  amygdala, hypothalamus and some parts of the cortex The parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for:  none of the options listed. "Cora has been very anxious and agitated recently. She becomes panicked when things do not work out the way she had planned. Dan has been very down lately, barely leaves his apartment, and has NOT been sleeping. His friends believe he is depressed. What is implied here?"  "Cora has high levels of noradrenaline, while Dan has low levels of serotonin."

Frank works for a Water Board and decides to make his town a nice calm place by mixing a chemical in the towns water supply that will calm people down. This delivery system is most like  how the brain uses glands for communication One of the most important functions of the hypothalamus is  homoeostasis. "coordinating smooth, well-sequenced movements."

The part of the brain associated with the motivation to eat is the:  lateral hypothalamus Kerry spends a lot of time reading because she enjoys reading books. It could be argued that Kerry reads because of ______.  intrinsic motivation Your best friend just won the lottery. Even though you may experience envy, you also cannot help feeling excited along with him; you are both grinning from ear to ear. This reaction supports the ______ regarding the origin and intensification of emotion.  social reciprocity theory

Nathan turns up his nose and looks disgusted at the plate of tripe that Sam's family is eating with obvious relish. The emotion Nathan is experiencing is thought by psychologists to be:  universal in humans. "When communicating between neurons, which part of the neuron is used to release chemicals known as neurotransmitters?"  terminal buttons For most drugs that are antagonists for the neurotransmitters in the brain, the main difference between the antagonist and the neurotransmitter would be  a slight difference in the shape of the chemical "David has multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disorder that causes myelin to disintegrate. What effect is this going to have on the speed of David's nerve impulses?"  They will slow down. "Parkinson's Disease, which Michael J. Fox and Muhammed Ali have, results from:"  too little dopamine. The nervous system is comprised of three types of neurons:  "sensory neurons, motor neurons and interneurons." Between the axon of one neuron and a dendrite of another neuron you will find  a gap called the synaptic cleft or synapse Axons typically function to  carry information away from the cell body towards other neurons. A typical reaction to the receiving of a neurotransmitter is  a change in the electrical charge of the receiving neuron.

In the human brain which of the following would be the most numerous  dendrites...