Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion

Self-determination theory was purposed by which school of thought in psychology?

What parts of the brain and what neurotransmitters are implicated in emotional responses?

What considerations and research evidence challenge the validity of the "lie detector"? What kinds of errors are most likely?

The fact that people from Tahiti are often afraid of being alone, and Eskimos tend to feel sad and lonely when by themselves were discussed to demonstrate

One of the things that makes it difficult for obese people to lose weight is that they have difficulty with the conversion of food nutrients into fat cells. This process is a function of the high levels of _________ in their system.

Maslow proposed that if a lower-level need is no longer satisfied, we focus on meeting that need as we are experiencing ______________.

Studies with animals have found that

Explain how leptin regulates appetite. How did scientists learn about leptin's role?

One study discussed in your textbook by deCharms and Moeller (1962) found a correlation between achievement imagery in children's storybooks and what?

Hunger researchers initially (incorrectly) assumed that the _____________ was a brain region responsible for initiating hunger and eating because when it was electrically stimulated, animals would begin to eat.

The standards for emotional expression within a particular culture are called

All of the following were mentioned as one of the four common features of emotions EXCEPT

You are trying to determine what emotion an individual is experiencing. The only information you have is that the person's hands and feet are warm. If you had to take a guess, you would predict that the person was experiencing

Current evidence on sexual orientation suggests that it is ____________ genetic.

If you damaged or destroyed a rat's lateral hypothalamus, what would you expect to happen? The rat would ___________.

Describe three of the early theories offered to explain the occurrence of homosexuality and the current status of these theories. Summarize the results obtained from Alan Bell's extensive study of heterosexual and homosexual individuals. What evidence is there that homosexuality has either genetic or environmental causes

Joseph LeDoux's work on the brain areas involved in emotional processes has revealed that there is an independent neural path taking sensory information through the thalamus to the ______________. This specific connection could account for why we are sometimes able to respond behaviourally to environmental stimuli before we have the chance to make a cognitive appraisal of these stimuli.

Biochemicals are in involved in the display and feeling of emotion. All of the following have been linked to emotions EXCECT

Human emotions are the product of the intensity of emotional arousal and cognitive labelling that occurs in response to environmental cues according to Stanley Schachter's ______________________.

You really want to buy a new phone, but you know that you should really not spend the money. This is a classic example of a(n)