To perform executive functions i.e. personality, planning and critical thinking.
To release adrenaline and cortisol in potentially lethal situations.
To provide a neural link between between motivation and action.
To reinforce the reward mechanisms in the limbic system via the dopamine.
7. Which theorist believed that in order for someone to recognise that object is fearful and thus react with fear, they must appraise the object and recognise (thus some form of cognition occurs before emotional reaction)
Schachter and Singer (1962)
Smith and Lazarus (1990)
Cannon and Bard (1920)
James Lang theory
Carl Lang (1885)
8. Which study made delineations between low road and high road processing?
James Lang theory
Smith and Lazarus (1990)
Zajon and Le Doux (1984)
Schachter and Singer (1962)
Cannon and Bard (1920)
9. Which theorist's model matches this example?
I see a snake—Subcortical brain activity —-> AND ANS arousal and SIMULTANEOUSLY TRIGGERS conscious and cognitive response.
