Exam 10: Motivation and Emotion

Carrie begins implementing a routine in which she keeps track of her calories, uses learning techniques to control her eating habits, and starts exercising. According to your textbook, Carrie has begun a(n)__________ program

People who prefer high levels of stimulation, such as bungee-jumping or cage diving with the great white sharks, are said to be high in the trait of

Emotional expressions are the part of emotion with which we are usually most familiar.

The causes of anorexia and bulimia include

Which theory of emotion would explain that if you see a bear, your brain activity will simultaneously produce bodily arousal, running, and the feeling called fear?

You can feel very afraid, and yet clearly think you have nothing to be afraid of because

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are

The most universally recognized facial expression is

You have a friend who freezes on tests. Which of the following effective remedies would be considered the MOST direct remedy or chief cure to combat test anxiety?

You have been doing lawn work and trimming hedges in the hot summer sun and have been perspiring profusely. Your thirst would be best quenched by drinking

Weight reduction based on permanently changing exercise and eating habits, rather than temporary self-starvation, is called

Which of the following is a stimulus motive?

The lowest needs in Maslow's hierarchy of motives could be accurately described as

Gabriel goes bungee-jumping, has cage-dived with the great white sharks, and loves riding roller coasters. Gabriel would be described as having the trait of high __________ seeking.

After a male animal is allowed to copulate until it has no further interest, it will resume sexual activity when a new partner is provided, a non-homeostatic pattern known as the __________ effect.

A part of the nervous system that prepares the body for emergencies, that is, "fighting or fleeing," is the __________ branch.

In a research study, one-third of the subjects were injected with adrenaline, one-third were given a tranquilizer, and one-third were injected with a placebo (salt water). They were then shown a comedy film. The group injected with adrenaline laughed the most, the group given the tranquilizer laughed the least, with the placebo group falling between the two other groups. Which theory explains that the participants who received adrenaline had a stirred-up body, but no explanation for what they were feeling. Consequently, they became happy when the movie implied that their adrenaline arousal was due to amusement?

Which of the following tend to be bold and independent, to value change, to be more likely to smoke and to have more sexual partners, and to prefer spicy, sour, and crunchy foods?

After having a very large meal at her mother's house, Sorboni complains that she is "too full to move." Soon after, Sorboni's aunt arrives with a strawberry pie, which is her favorite, and Sorboni eats three large pieces of the pie. Sorboni's eating of the pie after having a large meal is best explained by the

In Western cultures, which of the following are most likely to experience the condition called alexithymia?