Psych 130 Final Review (Goff) UCLA UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Emotion is irrational
2. Emotions are E. all of the above
A. essential for survival
B. helps us navigate world
C. rapid system
D. none of the above
E. all of the above
3. What is the definition of emotion? reflects a kind of motion outward
4. An inferred complex sequence of reac- emotion
tions to a stimulus including cognitive
evaluations, subjective changes, auto-
nomic and neural arousal, impulses to
action, and behavior designed to have an
effect (functional) upon the stimulus that
intimated the complex sequence
5. Emotions are -- they help us functional
navigate through and learn about the
environment
6. Temperament An animal's tendency to respond in charac-
teristic & predictable ways to environmental
events. Many believe it to be the emotional
and behavioral building blocks of the adult
personality
7. Thomas and Chess -Easy (40%): even-tempered, positive mood,
open and adaptable to novelty
-Diflcult (10%): active, irritable, irregular
habits. React vigorously to novelty, slow to
, Psych 130 Final Review (Goff) UCLA UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
adapt to new people or environments
-Slow-to-warm-up (15%): inactive, moody,
slow to adapt to new people or environments,
respond to novelty in mildly negative ways
8. Behavioral Inhibition temperament that reflects one's tendency to
withdraw from unfamiliar people or situations
(Kagan)
9. What is the source of heterotypic conti- amygdala, controls our emotions and
nuity? fear/harm responses
10. What is relatively stable overtime? Temperament
11. Amygdala Development -amygdala volumetric growth is complete by
age 4 in girls
-temperament depends on activation of
amygdala and how big it is
12. Klüver-Bucy Syndrome -Bilateral removal of temporal cortex in mon-
keys
- drastic change in behavior
- improved methods (isotonic acid lesions)
showed that central site is amygdala
13. Amygdala identified as a longterm medi-
ator of this continuity
14. Social Referencing -look at how others react to gauge how you
should react
-Babies do it more than adults do
15. Development of Self-regulation with age comes an increasing ability to regu-
late one's own emotions
, 16. Amygdala reactivity modulated by regu- -when increase bad feelings, amygdala re-
lation strategy sponse goes up
-when told to decrease bad feelings the amyg-
dala response is going down
-Top-down
-Biproduct of prefrontal cortex activating
which in turn suppresses the amygdala
-Prefrontal activation goes up, amygdala goes
down
17. Nature or nurture for temperament temperament has traditionally been viewed as
genetic. It is a property of the brain. Since the
environment can affect the brain, it can affect
temperament also.
18. Schneider -Temperament is not "Genetic"
- monkeys exposed to noise stressors once a
day while pregnant
-offspring:highly stress reactive; little explo-
ration; clingy
19. Attachment a close emotional relationship between 2 per-
sons, characterized by mutual affection and a
desire to maintain proximity. IT is enduring
across space and time.
20. Harry harlow (monkey experiment) -Social and emotional development is root-
ed in children's early social interactions with
adults
21. John Bowlby Proposed attachment theory, evolutionary
theory, secure base,
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Emotion is irrational
2. Emotions are E. all of the above
A. essential for survival
B. helps us navigate world
C. rapid system
D. none of the above
E. all of the above
3. What is the definition of emotion? reflects a kind of motion outward
4. An inferred complex sequence of reac- emotion
tions to a stimulus including cognitive
evaluations, subjective changes, auto-
nomic and neural arousal, impulses to
action, and behavior designed to have an
effect (functional) upon the stimulus that
intimated the complex sequence
5. Emotions are -- they help us functional
navigate through and learn about the
environment
6. Temperament An animal's tendency to respond in charac-
teristic & predictable ways to environmental
events. Many believe it to be the emotional
and behavioral building blocks of the adult
personality
7. Thomas and Chess -Easy (40%): even-tempered, positive mood,
open and adaptable to novelty
-Diflcult (10%): active, irritable, irregular
habits. React vigorously to novelty, slow to
, Psych 130 Final Review (Goff) UCLA UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
adapt to new people or environments
-Slow-to-warm-up (15%): inactive, moody,
slow to adapt to new people or environments,
respond to novelty in mildly negative ways
8. Behavioral Inhibition temperament that reflects one's tendency to
withdraw from unfamiliar people or situations
(Kagan)
9. What is the source of heterotypic conti- amygdala, controls our emotions and
nuity? fear/harm responses
10. What is relatively stable overtime? Temperament
11. Amygdala Development -amygdala volumetric growth is complete by
age 4 in girls
-temperament depends on activation of
amygdala and how big it is
12. Klüver-Bucy Syndrome -Bilateral removal of temporal cortex in mon-
keys
- drastic change in behavior
- improved methods (isotonic acid lesions)
showed that central site is amygdala
13. Amygdala identified as a longterm medi-
ator of this continuity
14. Social Referencing -look at how others react to gauge how you
should react
-Babies do it more than adults do
15. Development of Self-regulation with age comes an increasing ability to regu-
late one's own emotions
, 16. Amygdala reactivity modulated by regu- -when increase bad feelings, amygdala re-
lation strategy sponse goes up
-when told to decrease bad feelings the amyg-
dala response is going down
-Top-down
-Biproduct of prefrontal cortex activating
which in turn suppresses the amygdala
-Prefrontal activation goes up, amygdala goes
down
17. Nature or nurture for temperament temperament has traditionally been viewed as
genetic. It is a property of the brain. Since the
environment can affect the brain, it can affect
temperament also.
18. Schneider -Temperament is not "Genetic"
- monkeys exposed to noise stressors once a
day while pregnant
-offspring:highly stress reactive; little explo-
ration; clingy
19. Attachment a close emotional relationship between 2 per-
sons, characterized by mutual affection and a
desire to maintain proximity. IT is enduring
across space and time.
20. Harry harlow (monkey experiment) -Social and emotional development is root-
ed in children's early social interactions with
adults
21. John Bowlby Proposed attachment theory, evolutionary
theory, secure base,
