Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion

What physiological signals cause us to stop eating?

Biochemically speaking, androgens such as testosterone and estrogen are related.

One potential criticism of Abraham Maslow's need hierarchy is that people may still pursue their need for ___________, even when presumably lower needs, such as the need for _____________, have not yet been satisfied or met.

Which of the following would represent an example of the avoidance-avoidance conflict? A child who ___________.

Professor M. decides to allow students to choose their own style of evaluation in her course. As a result of this, students feel an enhanced emotional bond to Professor M. and even to the university. According to self-determination theory, this is because

LeDoux's work on emotions suggests that sensory information arrives at the _____________, where it is then routed to the ____________, which is responsible for labeling the emotion and is also sent to the ____________, which is responsible for coordinating and triggering physiological and behavioural responses to emotionally-arousing stimuli.

You notice that an individual is displaying only negative emotions-there are no positive emotions at all. Your suspicion is

Modern research on emotions has suggested that positive emotions are associated with higher activity in the left hemisphere, while negative emotions are related to higher activity in the __________________.

What do you believe determines sexual orientation? Does your belief correspond to theories that have been rejected?

Different studies have tried manipulating leptin activity in mice in different ways. One approach has been to breed mice that lack the ability to produce leptin (Coleman, 1978; Zhang, 1994). Another approach has been to breed mice whose brain lacks functioning leptin receptors (Chen et al., 1996; Halaas et al., 1995). What results were associated with those approaches?

Though nobody in his family has diabetes, Abel's physician told him that he does. She attributes his diabetes to obesity and explains that people who are overweight often have higher levels of ________________, the hormone that helps convert glucose into fat.

Kinsey initially conceptualized sexual orientation as

The fight-or-flight response in both animals and humans is produced in part by the

Men's bodies produce ____________ and women's bodies produce __________.

What is empathy?

What does research indicate about gender differences in identifying emotional expressions?

Researchers suspect that neurotransmitters are involved in the experiencing of positive emotions. These neurotransmitters include

Physiological arousal builds rapidly and blood flow increases to the organs in and around the genitals in a process called vasocongestion during the __________ phase of the sexual response cycle.

Physiology and subjective cognitions interact to generate emotion according to the ___________________ theory proposed by Richard Lazarus.

Leptin has an effect on neurons in the ___, where it inhibits the release of ___.