PSB-2000 Study Guide - Frontal Lobe, Prefrontal Cortex, Insular Cortex
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Functions of emotions: fear escape, anger attack, disgust avoid, gut feeling: snakes, spiders, and shocks. Show subjects pictures of snakes or spiders; too quick for identification. Follow one of the those pictures with an electric shock. Usually begin to have sympathetic response when shown picture that is followed by shock. Sometimes asked if notice change in hr; sometimes asked if shock was forthcoming. Good at reporting hr increase = good at predicting shock. Readiness for action ( run away! autonomic ns) Tell people how to move facial muscles produce expression of an emotion alterations in autonomic nervous system. Part of emotional experience is related to what body is doing (even muscles of facial expressions) And, imitation of facial expression seems to be innate. Facial expression of emotions (cid:222) (cid:222) (cid:222) Innate, unlearned, biologically determined: people in different cultures (even isolated environments) use same patterns of movements of facial muscles to express various emotions, blind versus sited children; same expressions.
