Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion

According to Clark Hull's drive theory of motivation, various drives are produced when ___________.

A lesion to this brain area will result in a rat that becomes obese.

Food cues (e.g., a picture of a very attractive dessert) will activate all of the following brain areas except

Research on Playboy magazine centrefolds and Miss America contestants between the 1950s and 1990s has revealed a trend for an "ideal" body shape for women that is ______________.

Even though Gary is a very controlling person, Jackie is in love with him and says yes when he asks her to marry him. As the engagement period continues, Jackie is starting to get worried that she may not be able to stand his strong desire to control her activities. Although she really wants to marry him, the closer the wedding day gets, the more she is concerned about his control. Jackie is experiencing which motivational conflict?

All of the following findings have been observed in research on sexual orientation EXCEPT

According to recent studies, between 40 to 70 percent of body mass variation among people is accounted for by

Ruth's personal trainer tells her not to walk so fast on the treadmill that walking becomes uncomfortable. Discomfort is her body's signal that she is not getting enough oxygen to burn fat. Instead, it begins to burn the simple sugars that are immediately available in her blood, called

Research suggests that a fear response can be classically conditioned more easily with some stimuli (e.g., snakes) compared to others (e.g., flowers), indicating that _________ can play a role in emotional processing.

Fat cells in the body actively regulate the processes of food intake and weight regulation by secreting a hormone to decrease appetite. This hormone is called

If a person views violent pornography, the psychodynamic catharsis principle would expect _____________ in sexually aggressive behaviour.

According to social learning and catharsis principles, how should viewing pornography affect sexual aggression? What does research find?

Some theorists suggest that these two concepts are not clearly differentiated. It might be best to consider one as a stimulus and the other as a response. These two concepts are _____________.

According to this theory, physiological feedback provided by the facial muscles may provide significant clues regarding the nature and intensity of the emotions we experience. This is the __________________.

Let's say that you are a heterosexual male and have just gotten off of a roller coaster ride and are, therefore, in a heightened state of arousal. An experimenter approaches you and asks you to rate the attractiveness of a number of photos of women. Your ratings are likely to be higher than another person who was approached before he got on the roller coaster. Which theory of emotion best explains this?

Fat cells in the body actively regulate the processes of food intake and weight regulation by secreting the hormone ____________, which is known to decrease appetite.

Joel has been accepted to several graduate schools, and has narrowed his choice to two. Joel wants to have a successful career and to that end, make the most of his graduate school education but is having difficulty deciding between the two schools. In this case Joel is dealing with a(n) _________________.

As you get ready to write an exam, you are thinking about all the great new knowledge you have acquired. You are focusing on

How can learning influence emotion?

You haven't eaten all day and decide to order an early dinner from a new restaurant that just opened. If you order lots of small dishes, rather than one or two large ones, what prediction could you make?