Exam 10: Emotion and Motivation

Cynthia's psychology professor was talking today about how hard it would be not to think about purple unicorns.Though Cynthia has never once before thought about a purple unicorn,she finds that she cannot stop thinking about them now.Cynthia is experiencing _____ as a result of her attempts at _____.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four essential qualities of motivational states emphasized in most general theories of motivation?

Imagine you are in the forest and come across a bear.Which of the following explanations best represents the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion?

When people meet on the Internet,they have the freedom to present themselves in any way that they please.Research on mating strategies suggests that to be most successful in generating interest from the opposite sex,men should present themselves as _____ and women should present themselves as _____.

Jeremiah is very attracted to Annie,but he cannot even get her attention.All Annie can think about is her old boyfriend,and she thinks about him all of the time.This situation exemplifies one of the major problems with _____; it _____.

During recess,children are trying to get the two ends of a seesaw perfectly balanced.If one side is too low,a heavier child will get off and be replaced by a lighter child; if one side is too high,a lighter child will be replaced by a heavier one.By analogy to a biological state,the children are trying to create _____,by mimicking a process of _____.

Imagine you will be going to Zambia on a field trip.The research on facial expressions and emotion would suggest you should:

Because Maslow's "need theory" of motivation places a strong emphasis on personal growth,it can be considered an example of:

Thabo is about to take the admissions exam for law school.He knows that anxiety can hurt test performance,so he deliberately makes himself very relaxed before going into the exam.He proceeds through the exam very calmly,without feeling rushed or pressured.He is shocked when time is called before he finishes.He would have been less shocked had he known about:

Mingzhu was determined to hike all around the lake because she wanted to photograph it from a variety of angles,but she forgot to take water with her on the hike.Halfway around the lake,she is so thirsty that she cannot concentrate on taking pictures.All she can think about is getting some water.Mingzhu's thirst is _____,which produces _____,causing her to leave the trail and go find water.

Need to belong theory states that the human need for interpersonal attachments is adaptive.As discussed in your text,belonging is a basic motive like hunger because NOT belonging:

If you hold a pencil in your teeth,forcing you to raise the edges of your lips into a sort of smile,you will _____,as predicted by the _____.

On the basis of recent research,the phrase misery loves company would be more accurate if it was:

Students have been asked to leave the library and wait several blocks away.In which of the following situations would the students be most likely to want to wait together?

When the lateral region of the hypothalamus is damaged,rats will develop _____,which leads to _____.

An evolutionary explanation of mate preferences might suggest that men seek physically attractive women because:

In the mythical country of Xacandra,people experience an emotion they call revzola.Revzola is associated with particular states of arousal,and the people who experience it strongly do better in Xacandran society.When Xacandran psychologists explored nearby countries,they discovered that every culture had an emotion like revzola,though they called it by different names.In terms of the circumplex model of emotions,revzola is a _____ emotion.

At age 5,Connie is better able to delay gratification than Gerald.At which of the following will Connie NOT necessarily be better than Gerald when they are adolescents?

A child who was not given milk to drink began to eat chalk from the blackboard in his room to replace the missing calcium.This behavior is an example of:

Jason and Cora are riding on a roller coaster,which is producing high levels of arousal.They attribute their aroused state to romantic feelings for each other and feel they are falling in love.The effect of the roller coaster is from the _____ associated with emotion; thinking that the arousal is usually due to romantic feelings is part of the _____ associated with emotion; feeling they are falling in love reflects the _____ associated with emotion.