Question 1

Stimulus motives differ from biological motives in that stimulus motives

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A) are innate and necessary for survival. 
B) appear to be innate, but are not necessary for survival. 
C) are acquired through various forms of conditioning and learning. 
D) include needs for security, status, approval, and achievement. 
A) are innate and necessary for survival. 
B) appear to be innate, but are not necessary for survival. 
C) are acquired through various forms of conditioning and learning. 
D) include needs for security, status, approval, and achievement.

Question 2

Unlike hunger and thirst, the human sex drive

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A) shows no clear relationship to deprivation. 
B) is non-homeostatic. 
C) is unusual in that its arousal is sought as well as its reduction. 
D) is characterized by all of these. 
A) shows no clear relationship to deprivation. 
B) is non-homeostatic. 
C) is unusual in that its arousal is sought as well as its reduction. 
D) is characterized by all of these.

Question 3

An unwillingness or hesitation on the part of animals to eat a particular food is known as

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A) acquired anorexia. 
B) bait shyness. 
C) operant aversion. 
D) homeostatic imbalance. 
A) acquired anorexia. 
B) bait shyness. 
C) operant aversion. 
D) homeostatic imbalance.

Question 4

Biological drives are essential because they maintain a steady state of bodily equilibrium called

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A) thermostasis. 
B) biological rhythm. 
C) intrinsic motivation. 
D) homeostasis. 
A) thermostasis. 
B) biological rhythm. 
C) intrinsic motivation. 
D) homeostasis.

Question 5

Regarding learned motives, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A) Many motives are acquired directly through learning. 
B) Praise, money, success, pleasure, and similar reinforcers affect our goals and desires. 
C) Learned motives include our needs for physical contact, activity, and sensory input. 
D) The need for achievement and power are considered learned motives. 
A) Many motives are acquired directly through learning. 
B) Praise, money, success, pleasure, and similar reinforcers affect our goals and desires. 
C) Learned motives include our needs for physical contact, activity, and sensory input. 
D) The need for achievement and power are considered learned motives.

Question 6

According to Richard Lazarus, people tend to evaluate a stimulus as good or bad, threatening or supportive, relevant or irrelevant, and so on. This illustrates

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A) emotional appraisal. 
B) unconscious attribution. 
C) cognitive distinction. 
D) facial feedback. 
A) emotional appraisal. 
B) unconscious attribution. 
C) cognitive distinction. 
D) facial feedback.

Question 7

People with which of the following suffer debilitating health problems, including the highest mortality rates of all the mental illnesses?

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A) anorexia nervosa 
B) bulimia nervosa 
C) generalized anxiety disorder 
D) dissociative disorder 
A) anorexia nervosa 
B) bulimia nervosa 
C) generalized anxiety disorder 
D) dissociative disorder

Question 8

When you are well fed, your tongue's sensitivity to sweet tastes will be dulled by the fat cells releasing a substance called __________.

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The answer of When you are well fed, your tongue's...

Question 9

To minimize the possibility of an innocent person being wrongly accused due to the results of a polygraph test, skilled polygraph examiners will often use a series of multiple-choice questions known as the __________ test.

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The answer of To minimize the possibility of an innocent...

Question 10

You have just cut your hand very badly. As you try to stop the blood and your friend is driving you to the emergency room, you feel your heart racing, you are taking in air in rapid gulps, your mouth is dry, and your skin feels cold and clammy. Cutting your hand has activated the

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A) reticular nervous system. 
B) sympathetic branch. 
C) parasympathetic branch. 
D) somatic system. 
A) reticular nervous system. 
B) sympathetic branch. 
C) parasympathetic branch. 
D) somatic system.

Question 11

Regarding internal and external factors for eating and overeating, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A) The North American culture provides inexpensive, good-tasting food everywhere, which encourages overeating. 
B) Applying psychological principles to controlling weight is called "yo-yo dieting." 
C) A dieter's body becomes highly efficient at conserving calories and storing them as fat. 
D) People become obese in different ways and for different reasons, including diet, emotions, genetics, and a lack of exercise. 
A) The North American culture provides inexpensive, good-tasting food everywhere, which encourages overeating. 
B) Applying psychological principles to controlling weight is called "yo-yo dieting." 
C) A dieter's body becomes highly efficient at conserving calories and storing them as fat. 
D) People become obese in different ways and for different reasons, including diet, emotions, genetics, and a lack of exercise.

Question 12

Hunger, thirst, pain avoidance, sleep needs, and regulation of body temperature are ___________ motives.

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A) stimulus 
B) extrinsic 
C) biological 
D) incentive 
A) stimulus 
B) extrinsic 
C) biological 
D) incentive

Question 13

People may seek to arouse the sex drive as well as to reduce it. This unusual quality of the human sex drive

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A) makes it capable of motivating a wide range of behaviors, including using sex to sell almost everything imaginable. 
B) is due to it being homeostatic and strongly related to deprivation. 
C) is due to it being necessary for individual survival. 
D) is characterized by all of these statements. 
A) makes it capable of motivating a wide range of behaviors, including using sex to sell almost everything imaginable. 
B) is due to it being homeostatic and strongly related to deprivation. 
C) is due to it being necessary for individual survival. 
D) is characterized by all of these statements.

Question 14

Maya begins implementing a routine in which she keeps track of her calories, uses learning techniques to control her eating habits, and starts exercising. We would say that Maya has begun a

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A) behavioral dieting program. 
B) metabolism motivation program. 
C) modification of cognitive habitual processes. 
D) self-esteem based dieting strategy. 
A) behavioral dieting program. 
B) metabolism motivation program. 
C) modification of cognitive habitual processes. 
D) self-esteem based dieting strategy.

Question 15

Curtis' church group is going on a mission trip to a poverty-stricken country. Before establishing schools and churches, the missionaries know that they must first provide food, clean water, and medical care because, according to Maslow's hierarchy, this type of needs, which is prepotent to all other needs, is the __________ needs.

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A) self-serving 
B) extrinsic 
C) intrinsic 
D) physiological 
A) self-serving 
B) extrinsic 
C) intrinsic 
D) physiological

Question 16

On the basis of religious faith, a starving Hindu refuses to eat beef that has been made available to him. In this case, it might be said that a

Accepted Answer

A) learned motive overpowered a biological motive. 
B) stimulus motive overpowered a biological motive. 
C) biological motive overpowered a learned motive. 
D) biological motive overpowered a stimulus motive. 
A) learned motive overpowered a biological motive. 
B) stimulus motive overpowered a biological motive. 
C) biological motive overpowered a learned motive. 
D) biological motive overpowered a stimulus motive.

Question 17

If the nerve carrying information between the stomach and brain were severed, the person would

Accepted Answer

A) experience a total loss of appetite. 
B) eat based on recognized need, not internal feelings of hunger. 
C) show little change and would still feel hungry and eating regularly. 
D) need to be "trained" to eat; otherwise, he or she would inadvertently starve to death. 
A) experience a total loss of appetite. 
B) eat based on recognized need, not internal feelings of hunger. 
C) show little change and would still feel hungry and eating regularly. 
D) need to be "trained" to eat; otherwise, he or she would inadvertently starve to death.

Question 18

Psychiatrist Daniel Langleben theorizes that a liar must inhibit telling the truth in order to lie; therefore, an fMRI brain image of the person's brain would show

Accepted Answer

A) extra brain areas that have been activated. 
B) a decrease of brain activity in the frontal lobes. 
C) more right hemisphere activity than left hemisphere activity. 
D) a decrease in the activity of the limbic system. 
A) extra brain areas that have been activated. 
B) a decrease of brain activity in the frontal lobes. 
C) more right hemisphere activity than left hemisphere activity. 
D) a decrease in the activity of the limbic system.

Question 19

Over the last 10 years, Gayle has repeatedly lost and gained weight and now weighs 20 pounds more than she did 10 years ago. Her body's metabolic rate was dramatically slowed by this type of dieting known as __________ dieting.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Over the last 10 years, Gayle has...

Question 20

People are usually most familiar with which element of emotion?

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A) emotional expressions 
B) physiological changes 
C) emotional feelings 
D) adaptive expressions 
A) emotional expressions 
B) physiological changes 
C) emotional feelings 
D) adaptive expressions

Stimulus motives differ from biological motives in that stimulus motives

Unlike hunger and thirst, the human sex drive

An unwillingness or hesitation on the part of animals to eat a particular food is known as

Biological drives are essential because they maintain a steady state of bodily equilibrium called

Regarding learned motives, which of the following statements is FALSE?

According to Richard Lazarus, people tend to evaluate a stimulus as good or bad, threatening or supportive, relevant or irrelevant, and so on. This illustrates

People with which of the following suffer debilitating health problems, including the highest mortality rates of all the mental illnesses?

When you are well fed, your tongue's sensitivity to sweet tastes will be dulled by the fat cells releasing a substance called __________.

To minimize the possibility of an innocent person being wrongly accused due to the results of a polygraph test, skilled polygraph examiners will often use a series of multiple-choice questions known as the __________ test.

You have just cut your hand very badly. As you try to stop the blood and your friend is driving you to the emergency room, you feel your heart racing, you are taking in air in rapid gulps, your mouth is dry, and your skin feels cold and clammy. Cutting your hand has activated the

Regarding internal and external factors for eating and overeating, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Hunger, thirst, pain avoidance, sleep needs, and regulation of body temperature are ___________ motives.

People may seek to arouse the sex drive as well as to reduce it. This unusual quality of the human sex drive

Maya begins implementing a routine in which she keeps track of her calories, uses learning techniques to control her eating habits, and starts exercising. We would say that Maya has begun a

On the basis of religious faith, a starving Hindu refuses to eat beef that has been made available to him. In this case, it might be said that a

If the nerve carrying information between the stomach and brain were severed, the person would

Psychiatrist Daniel Langleben theorizes that a liar must inhibit telling the truth in order to lie; therefore, an fMRI brain image of the person's brain would show

Over the last 10 years, Gayle has repeatedly lost and gained weight and now weighs 20 pounds more than she did 10 years ago. Her body's metabolic rate was dramatically slowed by this type of dieting known as __________ dieting.

People are usually most familiar with which element of emotion?

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Exam 10: Motivation and Emotion

Stimulus motives differ from biological motives in that stimulus motives

Unlike hunger and thirst, the human sex drive

An unwillingness or hesitation on the part of animals to eat a particular food is known as

Biological drives are essential because they maintain a steady state of bodily equilibrium called

Regarding learned motives, which of the following statements is FALSE?

According to Richard Lazarus, people tend to evaluate a stimulus as good or bad, threatening or supportive, relevant or irrelevant, and so on. This illustrates

People with which of the following suffer debilitating health problems, including the highest mortality rates of all the mental illnesses?

When you are well fed, your tongue's sensitivity to sweet tastes will be dulled by the fat cells releasing a substance called __________.

To minimize the possibility of an innocent person being wrongly accused due to the results of a polygraph test, skilled polygraph examiners will often use a series of multiple-choice questions known as the __________ test.

You have just cut your hand very badly. As you try to stop the blood and your friend is driving you to the emergency room, you feel your heart racing, you are taking in air in rapid gulps, your mouth is dry, and your skin feels cold and clammy. Cutting your hand has activated the

Regarding internal and external factors for eating and overeating, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Hunger, thirst, pain avoidance, sleep needs, and regulation of body temperature are ___________ motives.

People may seek to arouse the sex drive as well as to reduce it. This unusual quality of the human sex drive

Maya begins implementing a routine in which she keeps track of her calories, uses learning techniques to control her eating habits, and starts exercising. We would say that Maya has begun a

On the basis of religious faith, a starving Hindu refuses to eat beef that has been made available to him. In this case, it might be said that a

If the nerve carrying information between the stomach and brain were severed, the person would

Psychiatrist Daniel Langleben theorizes that a liar must inhibit telling the truth in order to lie; therefore, an fMRI brain image of the person's brain would show

Over the last 10 years, Gayle has repeatedly lost and gained weight and now weighs 20 pounds more than she did 10 years ago. Her body's metabolic rate was dramatically slowed by this type of dieting known as __________ dieting.

People are usually most familiar with which element of emotion?

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior

Human Development

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Conditioning and Learning

Memory

Cognition, Language, and Creativity

Intelligence

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Personality

Health, Stress, and Coping

Psychological Disorders

Therapies

Social Thinking and Social Influence

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Maximizing Learning through Reflective Processing and Active Thinking

Applied Psychology

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