Exam 9: Motivation, Stress, and Emotion

One positive outcome of instinct approaches was ________.

In their earlier attempts to explain motivation, psychologists were inclined to attributing it to ________.

Speisman's 1964 study using a film on circumcision rites practiced by an aboriginal tribe showed that:

Some psychologists believe that an organism's behavior is motivated by the need to achieve a state of balance in which the body functions effectively-a state called ______.

The part of the brain that seems to influence positive emotions is the thalamus.

Overall, research has indicated that __________ influences the amount of stress that people experience.

Channel is a 43-year-old female who has been in sexual relationships with both men and women in the past. She is presently dating a 32-year-old female and is thinking of moving to a state which legally recognizes marriage between two women. She is thinking of getting married to her partner, despite still admitting that she finds both men and women attractive. Channel is considered ________ in terms of her sexual orientation.

Drives serve to activate responses that are aimed at reducing the drive, thereby returning the body to a more normal state called ________.

Primary drives are caused by ________.

________ occurs when a person is blocked or prevented from achieving a desired goal or fulfilling a perceived need.

An urgent demand or expectation for our behavior that comes from an outside source is called ________.

Frustration that occurs when a goal or need cannot be attained due to personal characteristics is called ________.

Which statement about emotions would have most likely been made by William James?

Arousal and context best describe Schachter and Singer's theory of emotion.

Raphael has only dated men in the past. He stated that in high school, he began to notice that he was only attracted to men. As a result, he has been in a relationship with a man for the past 5 years and is very happy. Raphael is considered ________ in terms of his sexual orientation.

Jacob's father has always wanted him to be a lawyer. He has encouraged him to get good grades, graduate college earlier than his peers, and work as hard as he can. Jacob does not care about going to law school, but he does so to please his father. Jacob is responding to ________.

Considering external cues in obesity, which of the following statements is true?

According to the Drive-Reduction Theory, what are drives and needs?

Which statement about motivation is TRUE?

An example of intrinsic motivation is reading a textbook because: