AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When teens read emotions on other people’s faces, they use this part of their brain:
A
frontal lobe
B
parietal lobe
C
amygdala
D
cerebellum
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -One of these parts is called the amygdala. The amygdala is very important for reading others’ emotions. It is located in the lower part of the brain (Figure 1B). So, whenever you try to understand your friends’ emotions, your amygdala and your FFG communicate with each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -The amygdala is commonly thought to form the core of a neural system for processing fearful and threatening stimuli (4), including detection of threat and activation of appropriate fear-related behaviors in response to threatening or dangerous stimuli.

Detailed explanation-3: -The amygdala is known to play an important role in the response to facial expressions that convey fear.

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