Exam 10: Emotion and Motivation

The Gianellis adopted Abigail and two years later adopted Cassandra,each from a different set of biological parents.As the girls get older,you would expect that the evidence for genetic influences on their levels of guilt would get _____ and the evidence for the influence of a shared environment on guilt would get _____.

Marte has just lost 15 pounds.Even though she has developed better eating habits and is thrilled by her new weight,she has a stronger urge to eat and a desire to eat more frequently than she did even before she lost the weight.The most likely reason for Marte's problem is:

According to the two-factor theory of emotion,we experience emotion through:

The _____ is/are the facial feature that best expresses emotion on its own; the _____ is/are the facial feature that best expresses emotion as part of the whole face.

Researchers conduct an experiment in which male participants are given a drug that makes them feel extremely happy.Participants in Group A are told that they will feel this way from the drug.Participants in Group B are not told about the effects of the drug.After the drug has taken effect,an attractive woman enters the room.According to the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory,which group of participants is less likely to feel attracted to the woman,and why?

Why is sensory-specific satiety adaptive?

Emotions tend to _____ thought and behavior; moods tend to _____ thought and behavior.

Which neurotransmitter appears to be responsible for the decreased sexual interest in those taking antidepressants?

The strongest cross-cultural congruence in the identification of emotions seems to involve _____,and the weakest seems to involve _____.

Studies examining erotic plasticity in men and women have found that:

Cross-cultural research on emotions conveyed by facial expressions shows that: