Exam 8: Motivation and Emotion

The need for affection, cuddling, and closeness is associated with the ________ motive.

According to Zajonc, cognitions come ________ emotions.

Human behavior is ________ rigid, unchanging, inflexible, and found throughout the species.

Michelle works for a pharmaceutical company as part of a close-knit team that develops and tests new drugs. She has been doing so well that her supervisor has offered her a better-paying job heading a research team in another state. Although the job is lucrative, Michelle declines the offer, preferring instead to remain with her co-workers. Michelle may be responding to a need for ________.

Research indicates that expressions of ________.

Verbal reports provide the most accurate cues to emotional states.

Sex, hunger, and thirst are all primary drives.

Each of the following is true except ________.

Which of the following is a stimulus motive?

Manipulation, curiosity, and exploration are all examples of secondary motives.

Located in the __________ are two regions that serve as "on and off" switches for eating behaviors.

Izard's theory of emotion stresses the importance of ________.

Obesity has increased by more than ________ percent during the last decade.

Aggression is always tied to frustration.

Sensitivity to nonverbal cues to emotion ________.

Primary drives are ________.

What we find attractive is heavily influenced by experience and learning.

The affiliation motive is aroused when people feel threatened.

In the ________ phase of the sexual response cycle, sexual tension levels off, breathing becomes more rapid and genital secretions and muscle tension increase.

According to a 1994 study, about ________ percent of women have committed adultery.