Exam 9: Motivation, Stress, and Emotion

Eli enjoys woodcarving. Although none of his teenage friends are interested, he often spends hours creating several different pieces. His enjoyment of the task is all his own, and he rarely shows others his work. Many would call his motivation __________ in nature.

The first large-scale study of human sexual behavior to be done after the Kinsey and Masters and Johnson reports was conducted by Janus and Janus.

Maslow's transcendence need can be described as appreciating order, beauty, and symmetry.

A decline in the level of testosterone in either men or women leads to ___________________.

According to __________ theory, the number of fat cells in the body is established during early childhood.

Monica put all her time and energy into getting into the acting club because her main goal in life "was to be a famous star." Monica's drive to be famous was a(n) ________ drive.

Which of the following does NOT support drive-reduction theory?

Researchers have concluded that the ________ is/are the most important part of the body in nonverbal communication.

Which sequence of events in emotional responses is characteristic of the James-Lange theory of emotion?

Which of the following is NOT a social motive?

Which of the following most closely describes the results of the Schacter (1959) research on fear and affiliation?

Sweet taste seems to play a role in ___________.

Jack said, "I want to rule the world." What type of need is this?

The Latin word meaning ________ connects both motive and emotion.

According to the facial feedback hypothesis, when Jose complies with instructions to look angry, it is most likely that ________.

The process by which the facial expressions send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed is called ________.

Problematic functioning of which of the following hormones can lead to overeating?

Which theory of emotion proposes that stimuli cause physiological changes in our bodies and emotions result from those physiological changes?

The idea that homosexuality evolved as a way to aid the continuation of the homosexual person's genes through the nurturance of other family members, such as nieces and nephews, is called the ____________ hypothesis.

Which of the following labels does NOT represent one of the basic categories of emotion revealed in a study by Shaver et al. involving the sorting of emotion words?