Question 1

Many researchers believe there is a finite number of basic emotions, and most would include anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise among therm. Sometimes _____ is included, although this shows less universality across studies.

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Question 2

From an evolutionary standpoint, it has been suggested that mothers singing to their babies may be the forerunner of speech; even in modern times, mothers and others use a sing-song type of communication called _____ when communicating with their infants.

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Question 3

Panksepp's approach to understanding emotionality and brain processes is to look for core processes across species. Explain what he means by core process and how the concept helps provide an evolutionary approach to understanding emotion. Discuss the seven core processes he proposes.

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Question 4

Darwin begins his book on emotions with three principles: (1) the principle of serviceable associated habits; (2) the principle of antithesis; (3) the principle of direct actions of the nervous system. Explain each principle, illustrating with an example.

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Question 5

The calls of various species give more than just emotional information; they also refer to objects and events in the environment. This has led researchers to suggest that human _____ evolved from an emotional vocalization system.

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Question 6

Ekman (2009) suggested that Darwin made five important contributions to our study of emotion. Explain each.

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Question 7

Research has not found exact autonomic nervous system or brain patterns that completely differentiate one specific emotion from another. This suggests to some authors that a more _____, rather than basic categorical, approach should be taken.

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Question 8

Discuss the approaches to studying the underlying dimensions of emotionality. Is there any way to reconcile the dimensional approach with the categorical approach? Are there other areas of psychology where a combined dimensional-categorical approach has been fruitful?

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Question 9

Darwin saw emotions as _____; that is to say, we experience fear, anger, disgust, and so forth as distinct entities.

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Question 10

In accord with Darwin's principle of antithesis, Susskind found that fear and _____ were opposite emotions, based on three different physiological measures.

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Question 11

In a number of species, newborns will emit vocalizations when separated from their mother and exhibit a comfort response when reunited; this response appears to be mediated by the molecule ______, which has been associated with bonding in a variety of species.

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Question 12

Vervets, small monkeys from the African savannah, are prey to eagles, snakes, and leopards; they have developed a _____ alarm system specific to each of these predators.

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Question 13

One-year-olds will look for emotional cues from their mothers before deciding whether to crawl across a _____, a table with an open segment covered with a sheet of glass.

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Question 14

Discuss the various areas of the brain involved in emotional expression and recognition.

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Quiz 6: Emotionality