Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion

Which of the following is an example of an instinct?

When geese fly south for the winter they are displaying:

A scientist has injected a laboratory rat with the hormone cholecystokinin (CCK).You would expect the rat will experience a(n):

The arousal that occurs when we experience emotions is part of:

The term ____________________ is used to refer to an unlearned, characteristic pattern of responding that is controlled by specific triggering stimuli.

Describe two eating disorders focusing on the main characteristics that distinguish each of the disorders.

Gia has been feeling somewhat depressed for a few days.Her sister suggests that if Gia smiled a little more, she might not feel so depressed.This suggestion is consistent with:

According to Maslow, after esteem needs are met, the following needs are considered:

According to Masters and Johnson, the phase of the sexual response cycle during which there are rhythmic contractions in the sex organs is the:

Carrie is watching a movie, and as the star of the movie dies at the end, Carrie finds she has difficulty catching her breath and she feels like her stomach is tied in knots.These reactions are part of the:

As part of a research study, Alexi had to hold his mouth in a frown for approximately 15 minutes.As Alexi leaves the experiment, he finds that he is feeling somewhat unhappy and upset, but he is not really sure why.This type of a reaction is consistent with:

Recent research that has investigated the cross-cultural prevalence of eating disorders suggests that:

According to the evolutionary view, men are more likely than women to emphasize:

According to Masters and Johnson, the sequence for the four phases of human sexual arousal is excitement phase, plateau phase, ____________________ phase, and resolution phase.

Recent research with rats indicates that nicotine raises an organism's metabolic set point, which may explain why some people gain weight after they stop smoking.

A person's sexual and emotional attraction to members of the same sex or the other sex is a person's ____________________.

Although Mia made a 60 on her paper, she is happy because other people made 50s.This supports the idea that happiness is influenced by:

One substance that body cells require for energy production is:

There is some evidence that a woman's peak of sexual desire occurs in the middle of her menstrual cycle, near the time of ovulation.

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, safety needs will not become activated until