Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion

According to objectification theory, what does American culture teach women about their bodies?

The fact that both men and women rate watching their partners undress as very appealing demonstrates how _______________ can affect sexual arousal.

Results from studies of the facial feedback hypothesis have provided evidence that is most consistent with ___________.

Although they can both motivate us to behave in certain ways, physiological needs and environmental stimuli are sometimes thought of as doing so in slightly different ways. A physiological need, such as hunger, can be said to _____________ us to act a certain way. On the other hand, environmental stimuli (such as the smell of appetizing food) can be said to ________________ us to act in a certain way.

Research testing the facial feedback hypothesis has found that when people hold a pen in their teeth, presumably activating the muscles involved in __________, they later rate themselves as feeling ___________ happy than people who have been asked to hold a pen with their lips.

What is known about the possible psychological causal factors associated with obesity?

Some motivational researchers make an important distinction between _________ motivation, which involves performing an activity to obtain an external reward or prize, and ___________ motivation, which involves engaging in an activity for its own sake because it is enjoyable or engaging.

Leslie is attracted to a particular graduate school because it has the best course program, researchers, and instructors in Leslie's area of study. Leslie is vacillating about accepting the admission offer from that graduate school because it is also the most expensive, the farthest from home, and its program takes the longest to complete. Leslie's dilemma best represents

How does research on animals and people deprived of sensory feedback bear on the validity of the James-Lange and Cannon-Bard theories?

Discuss how cognitive appraisals and emotional arousal can each influence the other by describing the research studies of Richard Lazarus and Stanley Schachter.

When an emotional display of one person causes us to experience a similar emotional reaction, it is called

The concepts of motivation and emotion are similar in all of the following ways EXCEPT

According to the text, the most obvious environmental factor that influences eating is the

Every now and then, if both starting goalies are injured or otherwise unable to play, an NHL team requires an emergency backup goalie. These goalies are usually not professionals and the rare opportunity to play in a real NHL game could be terrifying, exciting, or a mixture of both. Sometimes they even win (just ask David Ayres, who defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in that very situation!). According to the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion, how would the cognitive appraisal of an emergency goalie be relevant for predicting the emotions they experiences when they step on the ice?

Performance anxiety is one of the psychological factors that can inhibit sexual functioning.

When you take tests you feel anxious. According to a cognitive-affective perspective on emotion, the intensity of the anxiety is probably determined by ___________; and the fact that you feel anxious (versus euphoria, for example) is probably a result of ______________.

All of the following brain structures were mentioned as playing important roles in the regulation and production of emotion EXCEPT

In the usual development of the male embryo, the typical male pattern of genital, brain, and reproductive development occurs as a function of _________________ activity.

Research on Playboy magazine centrefolds and Miss America contestants between the 1950s and 1980s has revealed a trend for a _______________ "ideal" body shape for women.

An important clue about the definition of the term "motivation" is revealed if we look at its derivation. The root of the word "motivation" in Latin is