Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion

Perry is about to give a speech in front of a roomful of strangers.As he steps up to the podium, he feels anxious and nervous.This reaction is part of the:

Emotions are complex psychological events that involve a mixture of:

Moira and Ardon have been working for the same accounting firm for the past 8 years.Moira expects to be offered a partnership when the firm has its next year-end meeting.Ardon does not expect that he will be offered a partnership.At the annual meeting, the managing partners announce that no new partnership is being offered.Based on the psychological research into anger, you should predict that:

People seem to gain or lose happiness as a result of the comparisons they make, either with others or with things or experiences from their past.

In some cultures, premarital sex is strictly forbidden, and married couples have sex essentially fully clothed.Other cultures encourage sexual experimentation and have no problems with nudity.These differences are best explained in terms of different:

Research on pheromones indicates they:

All the following theorists believed human behavior was at least partly based on instinct except for:

Outline the four phases of the human sexual response cycle that were first described by Masters and Johnson.

In both men and women, the hormone ____________________ has been linked to sexual desire.

An instinct is an internal state that arises in response to a need, such as hunger or thirst.

Which of the following needs is among those in Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

A(n) ____________________ is an external factor that has the capacity to motivate goal-directed behavior.

About what percent of women who suffer from anorexia nervosa will die as a result?

A problem with the concept of instinct is it:

The research into expressing and experiencing anger suggests that we often get angry at people we love because:

According to Masters and Johnson, heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure begin to increase, and blood rushes to the genital organs during the:

Which hormone is produced in the stomach, and is associated with feelings of hunger?

According to Masters and Johnson, the phase of sexual arousal in which a man's penis first becomes erect, and a woman's vagina first becomes lubricated is the:

Research has found that:

One way in which the process of ____________________ occurs is when one seeks ways to keep warm on cold, winter days.