Exam 8: Motivation and Emotion

A successful weight-control program must be ________-term and work ________ the body's tendency to maintain weight.

Which of the following people is least likely to develop bulimia?

Inborn, inflexible, goal-directed behavior that is characteristic of an entire species is called a(n) ________.

Intrinsic motivation can be decreased by rewards.

The affiliation motive is aroused by feeling ________.

Hunger is stimulated by ________ cues. Thirst is stimulated by ________ cues.

Each of the following is true of eating disorders except ________.

The major difference in animal and human sex drives is that ________.

The belief that facial expressions of emotion are learned within a culture and therefore may vary greatly from culture to culture is known as the ________ position.

Women are consistently better than men at deciphering nonverbal cues.

Each of the following is true except ________.

Physiologically-based drives that are unlearned are called ________ drives.

Almost all of us conceal our emotions to some extent.

In a recent study of professional "lie catchers," only the ________ managed to identify the liars at a better-than-chance rate.

According to Maslow, lower motives spring from ________.

Today, scientists tend to see emotions as ________ to survival and a ________ source of personal enrichment.

A monkey will huddle next to a cloth "mother" rather than a wire "mother" when scared, even when it was nursed from the wire "mother." This is an example of the ________ motive.

Eating which of the following violates both Islamic and Jewish dietary laws?

A regular program of exercise, to be an effective metabolism raiser, needs to burn off about ________ calories during each session.

The words used to name or describe an emotion may influence how that emotion is experienced.