1.
is characterized by increased exploratory behavior and a dampening of
emotional responses like fear and aggression.
A) Intermittent explosive disorder
B) Submission
C) Klüver-Bucy syndrome
D) Conditioned defeat
2. The
ultimately stimulates relevant brain areas that initiate the many
components of a fear response.
A) central amygdala
B) lateral amygdala
C) sensory cortex
D) thalamu
3. Children born with Williams Syndrome
A) are highly social and have no social stress or anxiety
B) exhibit greater amygdala activation to fearful facial expressions
C) are particularly sensitive to dangerous contexts
D) are indistinguishable from those not afflicted with Williams syndrome
4. Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis would be consistent with
A) physiological emotional responses guiding risky decision making
B) regulating emotional responses by reassessing an emotional event
C) chronic stress leading to exhaustion and disease
D) stress inhibiting the immune system
5. Lesions of the
result in increased aggression, suggesting that this area
inhibits aggressive displays.
A) orbitofrontal cortex
B) bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
C) anterior hypothalamus
D) medial amygdala
6. The patient, SM, would likely be unable to
A) identify an object placed in their hand
B) remember someone they had met yesterday
C) learn to play the guitar
D) determine whether a person they just met is threatening
