Exam 10: Motivation

Which of Maslow's original needs did Kenrick and colleagues contain within their categories of affiliation/belongingness, mate acquisition, mate retention, and parenting?

________________ is the feeling of fullness during a meal that reduces hunger and appetite and leads to ending the meal. ______________ is the feeling of fullness following a meal that controls the length of time until the next meal is begun.

This hormone is one of the long-term mechanisms that control the reserve of body fat, and can contribute to obesity.

All of the following are levels of analysis of Kenrick's pyramid of needs, EXCEPT:

According to psychologists, for an act to constitute aggression, the aggressor must believe that the act is truly harmful, and the target of the aggression must be

Humans have a tendency to maintain an energy balance, meaning that calorie intake is

One reason for this type of motivation is that, as infants, we need assistance from other people to survive, learn, and develop.

Heavily influenced by Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, James proposed that most human behavior is motivated by instincts.

Only about 0.9% of women suffer from this eating disorder, in which they engage in self-starvation.

This level of Kenrick's pyramid describes proximate causes of motivated behavior, for example, your decision to swat at a fly rather than pay attention to what your significant other is saying to you.

After you are finished with your meal, the fullness that you feel controls the length of time until your next meal. That fullness is called

The nature of the link between testosterone and aggression is complex, as evidenced by the fact that the onset of puberty in boys is followed by

According to this early motivational theory, behavior is motivated primarily by the desire to reduce unpleasant conditions of arousal that result from basic physiological needs.

Motivation cannot be directly observed, but it may be measured by examining changes in the

The feeling of fullness experienced while one is eating, which reduces hunger and leads to the end of the meal, is called

Which of the following claims about anorexia has been shown to be false?

Research has shown that when students work from _____________ motivation they learn more efficiently, are more engaged and enthusiastic, and use more effective study strategies.

Having your child skip a grade at school is an application of a(n) ______________ strategy for competence; enrolling a child in kindergarten 1 year late to increase her competitive edge is a(n) _______________ strategy.

The general tendency to maintain this state is probably one reason that dieters have difficulty keeping pounds off after successfully losing them.

According to the challenge hypothesis about testosterone and aggression in young men, testosterone levels drop in men when