Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion

What part of the nervous system controls strong emotions such as fear and anger?

The Yerkes-Dodson curve, which describes the relationship between arousal and performance, is shaped like a(n) ________.

The disorder that involves recurrent episodes of consuming large amounts of food in a discrete period of time, while feeling a lack of control over eating, that is NOT followed by compensatory purging behaviors is called ________ disorder.

Someone who has a desire to excel, especially in competition with others, ________.

According to the Yerkes-Dodson law, performance is typically best for most tasks when you are experiencing ________.

Which theory of motivation would be best described as a biopsychosocial approach?

Why do people with a high nAch tend to avoid tasks that are very difficult?

When the ventromedial hypothalamus is lesioned, animals will ________.

What is the facial feedback hypothesis? How might it apply to the emotions that people feel?

The parental statement to a child, "We want you to get high grades like the neighbor's son" will tend to lead to ________.

Research suggests that which pattern of social media use is associated with increased risk of body dissatisfaction and even eating disorders?

According to the ________ law, one's maximum performance is most likely to occur at low levels of arousal for a complex task, and higher levels of arousal for a simple task.

The ________ hypothalamus is known to be a stimulatory center for eating; that is, it prompts us to begin eating when it is activated.

Which of these is an important psychological influence on when, what, where, and why we eat?

The notion that the relationship between one's best performance and their level of arousal is mediated by the complexity of the task being performed is the crux of the ________.

According to drive-reduction theory, needs create drives, which in turn motivate ________.

Which of the following is consistent with evidence regarding display rules?

After a person with binge-eating disorder has completed their episode of eating, they are often gripped with several different emotions, including ________.

Achievement motivation is mostly determined by ________.

Which one of the components of emotion is the most difficult to measure in a scientific fashion?