Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion

List and briefly discuss the five research-based suggestions for increasing happiness in one's life. Give examples of how you might employ these suggestions in your own life.

Which theory says that emotion results from physiological arousal followed by expression of the emotion?

During emotional arousal, the ________ nervous system prepares the body for fight or flight and the ________ nervous system restores the body to homeostasis.

The ________ test, which is commonly and somewhat inaccurately referred to as a lie detector, can be defeated by manipulating one's results during control questions.

Define and illustrate the needs at each level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Describe a time in your (or a friend's) life when (1) a "higher" motive had to wait until a "lower" motive was met, and (2) a "higher" motive occurred before a "lower" need was met.

Hunger and eating are influenced by ________.

According to your textbook, which of the following statements is a criticism of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

Define obesity, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. State your textbook's summary of the causes and dangers of each.

Which of the following has been linked to the origin of eating disorders?

Jennifer has a high need for achievement, and she is coming up for her six-month review at her new job. What kind of feedback will she be most likely to want?

Which of the following accurately lists consequences of anorexia nervosa?

The hypothalamus regulates which of the following?

Contrast the instinct, drive-reduction, incentive, and cognitive theories of motivation, providing an original example of each motive in action.

Which of the following strategies is beneficial for parents to use to get their child to practice the violin?

Describe the arousal motive and state how it affects human functioning. Describe and illustrate the four factors that have been associated with the sensation-seeking motive.

The part of the nervous system that produces obvious signs of emotional arousal, such as increased heart and respiration, perspiration, and goose bumps, is the ________.

The idea that emotions are universal can be supported by the following evidence:

A widely researched model for sensation seeking suggests that people be examined in which set of personality dimensions?

LeDoux proposed that sensory input arrives in a brain structure splits the signal, sending part of the message to the cortex and part of the message to the amygdala. What brain structure does the splitting and transmitting?

Which of the following is true of persons who are high in nAch?