Exam 8: Motivation and Emotion

Culture-specific standards that govern how, when, and why facial expressions of emotion are shown are known as ________.

Research on gender differences in aggressive behavior find that they tend to be ________ in real-life and naturalistic settings than in controlled laboratory settings and they tend to be remarkably ________.

A child is rewarded for aggressive behavior and is then frustrated. The child is likely to show ________.

All human behavior that is intended to inflict physical or psychological harm on others is known as ________ behavior.

Seeing an aggressor rewarded for his action leads to ________ aggression than seeing no aggression at all, and ________ aggression than seeing an aggressor punished.

The theory stating that behaviors are motivated by the body's attempts to reduce tension from conditions such as hunger or thirst to a state of balance is ________ theory.

Human sexual arousal is much more dependent on biological influences than on learning.

The researcher(s) known for discovering the sexual response cycle is (are) ________.

Primary drives are ________.

The rate of obesity among young people has ________ since 1980.

Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between frustration and aggression?

Recent research examining the ability of people from a variety of cultures to identify emotions by observing facial expressions of others found that there appear to be universally recognized facial expression for ________ primary emotions.

Which theory maintains that emotion is caused by the interaction of physiological processes and interpretation or perceptions of the situation?

Positive feedback, including praise, ________.

A famous theorist argues that when we see a snake, there are bodily changes, but we then use information about the situation to tell us how to emotionally respond to those changes. This theorist's views are most similar to those of ________.

Thirst, sex, and hunger are examples of ________ drives.

Whenever Frank is challenged, he prefers to fight to prove his "masculinity." What reason would a learning theorist give for Frank's frequent use of aggression?

Maslow believed that higher motives appear only after the lower ones have been satisfied.

Each of the following is true of Plutchik's theory of emotions except ________.

A hormone produced in the stomach and small intestines that increases appetite is ________.