Exam 10: Emotion and Motivation

Researchers conduct an experiment in which male participants are given a drug that makes them feel extremely happy.Participants in Group A are told that they will feel this way from the drug.Participants in Group B are not told about the effects of the drug.After the drug has taken effect, an attractive woman enters the room.According to the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory, which group of participants is less likely to feel attracted to the woman, and why?

Which of the following is true about how the menstrual cycle relates to female sexual behavior?

Luiz is walking home late at night when he hears footsteps behind him.He is instantly frightened and gets ready to run.He glances over his shoulder and sees that it is the neighborhood police officer on patrol.Realizing there is nothing to fear, he calms down.Luiz's first response, fear, was processed by the path from the .His second response, calming, was processed by the path from the .

The difference between self-efficacy and achievement motivation is that self-efficacy involves beliefs about , whereas achievement motivation involves .

While the of testosterone drives male sexual behavior, the of testosterone drives female sexual behavior.

When people meet on the Internet, they have the freedom to present themselves in any way that they please.Research on mating strategies suggests that to be most successful in generating interest from the opposite sex, men should present themselves as and women should present themselves as .

Danny, who has a damaged amygdala, accidentally spilled kerosene on a campfire and got badly burned.Later, Danny's reaction to fire is that he

Miryam has been playing the violin since she was a child.She loves the violin and practices frequently.When she is 15 years old, her violin teacher tells her that she is quite talented and he wants her to enter a major competition for which she must practice 3 hours a day.Though Miryam usually practices more than 3 hours daily, she suddenly finds that she enjoys playing less and has to force herself to practice.One theory of motivation would suggest that Miryam's sudden loss of interest could be due to reduced feelings of competence because

How might the James-Lange theory of emotion describe the relationship between fear and trembling?

Remy the rat has lost his appetite and is losing so much weight that he is in danger of dying.Remy most probably has damage to the region of the hypothalamus.

Theories of motivation that are based on biological drives have trouble explaining why people engage in behaviors that

The Cannon-Bard theory argues that physiological responses and emotional experiences occur

Which of the following statements is true about display rules?

Reiko is studying for finals and has not slept for almost two days.She finally realizes she is exhausted and goes home from the library to sleep.Reiko's exhaustion is an) , and going home to sleep is an) .

An evolutionary explanation of mate preferences might suggest that men seek physically attractive women because

Why is sensory-specific satiety adaptive?

Marte has just lost 15 pounds.Even though she has developed better eating habits and is thrilled by her new weight, she has a stronger urge to eat and a desire to eat more frequently than she did even before she lost the weight.The most likely reason for Marte's problem is

Which of the following is NOT a primary emotion?

Researchers investigating how emotions are expressed in music tested participants in the United States and rural Cambodia, and found that

There is an area of the hypothalamus that typically differs in size between men and women.Research has found that the size of this area in gay men is comparable to that of heterosexual women.What is the most reasonable interpretation of this finding?