AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The neural system for emotions linked to approaching and engaging with the world – like happiness, pride and anger – lives in the left side of the brain, while emotions associated with avoidance – like disgust and fear – are housed in the right.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Formation and regulation of positive emotions, including happiness, are associated with significant reductions in activity in the right prefrontal cortex and bilaterally in the temporoparietal cortex, as well as with increased activity in the left prefrontal regions.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.