Exam 9: Motivation and Emotion

After night class, you are walking back to your car when you catch a glimpse of someone running up behind you. You quickly turn and brace for a possible attack, but the students runs on by. It is only after you reacted to the possible attack that you realized that you felt afraid. Reacting before experiencing the feeling of fear is BEST explained by which theory of emotion?

The James-Lange theory of emotion theories explains that the feelings occur after the bodily arousal, that is, one sees the growling dog, then runs, is aroused, and, lastly, feels fear.

In general, all of the following tend to encourage overeating EXCEPT for

Which of the following describes a pyramid model that orders basic needs and growth needs?

Regarding both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, which of the following statements is FALSE?

If your body is dehydrated, but you are not thirsty, we would say that you have a drive, but not a need.

Explain how the drive to avoid pain and the sex drive are similar to and different from hunger and thirst.

Although eating the eyes out of the steamed head of a monkey is considered a delicacy in some parts of the world, the vast majority of Americans would have great difficulty eating this "delicacy," even if they were very hungry, which illustrates how which of the following affects hunger?

All of the following are means of achieving a successful weight loss program using behavioral dieting EXCEPT

You are driving cross-country and stop in at a fast food restaurant. You eat several cheeseburgers and a gargantuan mound of salty fries. After eating this food, you find yourself very thirsty. Your thirst would be best quenched by drinking

Jan and her husband Dean are going on a vacation to the beach. Jan wants to lie on the beach and read a good book, while Dean wants to scuba dive and surf. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

If an event is judged to be threatening, you will feel anxiety. If a situation looks dire and you fear the worst but yearn for the best, you feel will hope. If you see something another person has and wish it was yours, you will feel envy. These feelings of anxiety, hope, and envy are due to your

Buford complains that he can play his tuba beautifully at home, but each time he tries to play at the local talent show, he sounds like a bull elk in rutting season. His problem is explained by

According to Robert Plutchik, our many emotional experiences can be analyzed in terms of

The guilty knowledge test is used during

Twla is a young adult but has always seemed "older and more settled." Although she has always had a lot of friends, they know that she is not the type to experiment with drugs or "get drunk" and do something foolish. Twla would most likely be described as

The arrangement of the face into a combination of two or more facial expressions is called a facial __________.

Regarding kinesics, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Robert has a condition in which he is unable to express or name his emotions. This condition is known as

According to Maslow, which of the following would be classified as basic needs?