Exam 8: Motivation and Emotion

Which of the following is not a secondary drive?

________ refers to weighing more than a desirable standard.

Salmon swimming upstream to spawn are an example of ________.

________ refers to an excess of body fat in relation to lean body mass.

Compare and contrast the James-Lange theory of emotion with the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion. How do these two theories compare with the cognitive theory of emotion?

According to the U.S. Surgeon General, ________ is the most pressing health problem in America today.

The correct sequential order of Maslow's hierarchy of motives from the most primitive to the most complex and human is ________.

According to Maslow's theory, higher motives emerge ________.

The Yerkes-Dodson Law states ________.

Each of the following is true of research findings on homosexuality except ________.

A hormone secreted by the pancreas that keeps glucose levels balanced is ________.

Virtually all emotional expressions are inborn.

Which of the following statements is not true?

Jenny has an intense interest in food but eats sparingly and with disgust. She has an intense fear of becoming obese, and even though she looks emaciated, she still claims she "feels fat" and refuses to eat enough to maintain even a minimal normal body weight for her frame. She is most likely suffering from ________.

According to a 2009 FBI report, some ________ violent crimes were reported in the United States in that year.

According to set point theory, if you consume more calories than you need for your weight, your metabolic rate will go ________, and if you eat fewer calories than you need your metabolic rate will go ________.

The theory of motivation that proposes that organisms seek an optimum level of stimulation is ________ theory.

The median number of sex partners for the average male over a lifetime is ________.

A recent study of premature low-birth-weight babies who were held and massaged found that they gained weight ________ and were ________ than those who were touched minimally.

One of the problems associated with asthma is that once patients experience difficulty breathing, they often make their symptoms worse by concentrating on them and/or worrying about them. Consequently, many doctors include relaxation exercises as part of a treatment program to prevent patients from making their asthmatic reactions worse. This example of how our awareness of physiological changes can influence or even cause subsequent emotions is most supportive of which of the following theories of emotion?