Exam 10: Emotion and Motivation

According to self-determination theory,_____ rewards may reduce _____ value.

Sally is having a very hard time losing weight and keeping it off because she feels hungrier the more weight she loses.This condition is most likely due to the effects of:

Aurore has been in a skiing accident.She remembers everything about her life,but does not seem to experience any emotions about her memories or about new things that happen.Aurore most likely has experienced damage to her _____,making her _____.

Pavati is a competitive gymnast and has made it to the final round of the Olympic trials.She is intensely motivated to perform at her absolute peak.Given your knowledge of the effects of arousal on performance,you might advise her that she should _____,because _____.

Tameri and Khai have found a house to buy that they really like.The day they found it,they had been having a wonderful time house hunting and planning their life together.A few days later,after having had a miserable day at work,Khai goes back to look at the house again.You could predict that Khai will like the house:

Which of the following actions will NOT increase the likelihood of a young child's learning to like an unfamiliar food?

Many college students spend a year studying in another country.The country where they are studying will often have different attitudes and practices concerning sex.A female student's sexuality is likely to be _____.A male student's sexuality is likely to be _____.

The Schachter-Singer two-factor theory of emotion states that:

Which emotion is an infant capable of expressing at birth?

Peng is worried about what might be upsetting his 1-month-old son,who seems to have an angry expression on his face.You could help by telling him that a negative facial expression on a baby his son's age is far more likely to be expressing _____,because babies cannot express anger until they are _____ old.

The Cannon-Bard theory argues that physiological responses and emotional experiences occur:

Bronwen is a first-year student and wants to meet more people.She attends a meeting of a campus organization,and then goes to a party in her dorm.She does not meet anyone she likes at either event and stops searching for new friends.Bronwen has the _____ quality of motivation,but not the _____ quality of motivation.

Remy the rat has lost his appetite and is losing so much weight that he is in danger of dying.Remy most probably has damage to the _____ region of the hypothalamus.

Men and women have a(n)_____ amount of sex hormones,with _____ distributions of hormones.

A convincing piece of evidence for the idea that positive emotions and negative emotions are independent is that positive emotions involve _____ and negative emotions involve _____.

Miryam has been playing the violin since she was a child.She loves violin and practices frequently.When she is 15 years old,her violin teacher tells her that she is quite talented and he wants her to enter a major competition for which she must practice 3 hours a day.Though Miryam usually practices more than 3 hours,she suddenly finds that she enjoys playing less and has to force herself to practice.One theory of motivation would suggest that Miryam's sudden loss of interest could be due to reduced feelings of competence because:

Motivational states are directive,which means they:

Ahava has been working for a week in her company's London office.She finishes the project a day earlier than expected.Initially,she decides to take that free day and explore London.Then she thinks about how much it would please her husband if she came back early,and starts to worry about whether being gone from her children so long will hurt her relationship with them.Ahava is showing which of the beneficial functions of guilt?

Winona has a great deal of trouble determining the amount of fear that someone is experiencing based on his or her facial expressions.It is quite likely that Winona has damage to her:

According to the affect-as-information theory,we use: