01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Clark L. Hull, Amygdala, Hypothalamus

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Lawrence Jacobs

Document Summary

The amygdala is a complex structure adjacent to the. The amygdala is involved in processing emotions and fear-learning. It links areas of the cortex that process higher cognitive information with hypothalamic and brainstem systems that control lower metabolic responses. This allows the amygdala to coordinate the physiological responses based on cognitive information - the most well-known example being the fight-or-flight response. Hull, believes that we humans have biological needs that direct our behavior. *a person with capgras syndrome will believe that family member, friends, or their spouse has been replaced by an identical looking impostor. According to abraham maslow, our needs are arranged in a hierarchy or pyramid, with the most basic needs at the bottom. If our basic needs aren"t satisfied, maslow claimed, we can"t progress up the hierarchy. Sequence of needs to satisfy strongest needs at base, weakest at top while lower needs reflect deficiencies.