Exam 10: Emotion and Motivation

Kitchi and Cosette are studying in the library on a Sunday afternoon.When they take a break for lunch, they discover that the university café, the campus convenience store, and their dorm cafeteria are all closed.Kitchi decides that he is hungry enough to walk half a mile to eat off campus.Cosette decides that she is not that hungry.Kitchi and Cosette differ in the of their motivation to have lunch.

A convincing piece of evidence for the idea that positive emotions and negative emotions are independent is that positive emotions involve and negative emotions involve .

Aurore has been in a skiing accident.She remembers everything about her life, but does not seem to experience any emotions about her memories or about new things that happen.Aurore most likely has experienced damage to her , making her .

Gavriel has a tremendous crush on Angelique, who seems to see him only as a friend.One way that Gavriel might be able to change Angelique's feelings would be to

A computer program is developed that searches for the greatest number of items that are related to the search term or for items that are the most relevant to the search term.In terms of human behavior, a program that searches for the greatest number of items is showing the quality of motivation, whereas a program that searches for the most relevant items is showing the quality of motivation.

A group of rats has had an area of their brains damaged, resulting in a disruption of sexual behavior. The area that was damaged was most likely the

In an accident, Shuchun has received damage to his prefrontal cortex.This condition is likely to cause Shuchun to have a lessened ability to

Makena is starting her first job as a teacher.To effectively motivate her students, she ought to develop a policy for rewards in which she

Contemporary thinking about the role of the amygdala in emotion is that the path from the thalamus to the amygdala , and the path from the thalamus to the sensory cortex to the amygdala .

In the mythical country of Xacandra, people experience an emotion they call revzola.Revzola is associated with particular states of arousal, and the people who experience it strongly do better in Xacandran society.When Xacandran psychologists explored nearby countries, they discovered that every culture had an emotion like revzola, though they called it by different names.In terms of the circumplex model of emotions, revzola is a emotion.

Jason and Cora are riding on a roller coaster, which is producing high levels of arousal.They attribute their aroused state to romantic feelings for each other and feel they are falling in love.The effect of the roller coaster causes associated with emotion; thinking that the arousal is usually due to romantic feelings is part of the associated with emotion; and feeling they are falling in love reflects the associated with emotion.

Pavati is a competitive gymnast and has made it to the final round of the Olympic trials.She is intensely motivated to perform at her absolute peak.Given your knowledge of the Yerkes-Dodson law and the effects of arousal on performance, you might advise her that she should , because .

Research on thought suppression has shown that trying to suppress negative thoughts can lead to

Makena and her husband have always had a good sexual relationship.However, after she started taking antidepressants, Makena started losing interest in sex.The most likely reason is

Which of the following actions will NOT increase the likelihood of a young child learning to like an unfamiliar food?

Depti reads the paper every day because she feels a need to keep current with world events.Jalila reads the paper every day so that her friends and colleagues will be impressed by how well-informed she is.Depti reads the paper because of motivation; Jalila reads the paper because of motivation.

Donato and Quincy are identical twins who were separated at birth.Donato tends to be fearful of many things and can easily be made to feel guilty.If we evaluated fear and guilt in Quincy, we would expect that he would have of fear and of guilt.

A child who was NOT given milk to drink began to eat chalk from the blackboard in his room to replace the missing calcium.This behavior is an example of

When Suellen learns that her roommate will be an international student from Britain, she is worried that she will be stiff and reserved.She is very surprised, but pleased, when her roommate, Diana, turns out to be bouncy and emotional.Suellen is surprised because Diana's behavior violates

Massoud is an international student studying in America.In his culture, women are expected to be very modest.He really likes Rebecca, an American girl whom he has gotten to know in his art history class.However, Massoud is distressed and is reevaluating his opinion of Rebecca because she spontaneously kissed him on their second date.Though she probably did not realize it, Rebecca has