PSYCH 261: Week 11: Emotion and Mood Disorders

What is the James-Lange theory of emotion?

a stimulus results first in physiological arousal, which leads to a secondary response in which the emotion is labeled.

What did William Cannon discover?

That the thalamus was critical in emotion

What is Pure Autonomic Failure?

Output from autonomic nervous system to body fails, less likely to experience anxiety and more likely to experience blunted emotion

What is the facial feedback hypothesis?

Act of forming a facial expression elicits the corresponding emotion

What is the somatic marker hypothesis?

What is the railroad switch problem?

1 vs 5, you pull a switch to send the train down a way

What is the footbridge problem?

You are on a bridge with a fat guy who can stop a runaway street car, and there are five people on the tracks. you choose

What is the utilitarian decision?

John Stuart Mill, choose to save more people

What emotion does the amygdala play a role in?

Fear

What happens when the amygdala is damaged?

Evaluation and recognition of fear are impaired

What is Iproniazid?

Derivative of hydrazine, this became one of the first antidepressants.

What are tricyclic antidepressants?

Antidepressants which work to correct chemical imbalance of neurotransmitter concentrations in the synaptic cleft of the CNS by inhibiting the reuptake of neurotransmitters back into the cells.

What was the monoamine hypothesis?

It supposed that depression was caused by low levels of monoamines.

What is a drug monograph?

A monograph is literature on a specific drug by the drug manufacturer that may include a description, indications, contraindications, adverse effects, and warnings.

What is the correlation between BDNF and depression?

Depressed patients show lower BDNF

What physical structures in the brain does depression affect?

1. Grey Matter

2. Glial Cells

What is Electroconvulsive therapy?