AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The amygdala, for instance, is involved not only in negative emotions such as fear, but also in positive emotions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dysregulation of positive emotion may give rise to debilitating clinical symptomatology such as mania, risk-taking, and disinhibition. Neuroanatomically, there is extensive evidence that the left hemisphere of the brain, and the left frontal lobe in particular, plays an important role in positive emotion generation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Our left frontal lobe is primarily associated with positive emotions, such as approach motivation and social connectedness. Conversely, the right frontal lobe of the brain is associated with negative emotions, like depression and fear.

Detailed explanation-4: -At Ghent University, Guy Vingerhoets, Ph. D., Celine Berckmoes, M.S., and Nathalie Stroobant, M.S., knew that the left brain is dominant for language, and the right brain is dominant for emotion.

Detailed explanation-5: -The limbic system controls the experience and expression of emotions, as well as some automatic functions of the body. By producing emotions (such as fear, anger, pleasure, and sadness), the limbic system enables people to behave in ways that help them communicate and survive physical and psychologic upsets.