Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion

Which of the following is NOT one of the four "basic" emotions?

A male stickleback fish sees a form with a red belly enter the area and immediately attacks.This will occur the first and every other time a red-bellied form is seen.This behavior is an example of:

Researchers have found that as autonomic arousal increases from low levels to moderate levels:

Avis has a job that pays well, and she lives in a neighborhood where there is little crime.Lately she finds that she is thinking seriously about finding the right person to settle down with and raise a family.According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, at this point in time Avis is most likely motivated by:

The view that people experience emotions subjectively, which leads to physiological reactions, is known as:

One of the internal factors that can signal hunger or satiation is:

Psychological states that arise in response to internal physiological needs are called:

Compare and contrast the commonsense view of emotions, the James-Lange theory of emotion, and the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion, using an appropriate example to illustrate the key differences between the three theories.

Which of the following is one of the basic emotions agreed upon by most researchers?

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the last set of needs to become activated is love and belongingness needs.

Bruno just finished a big meal that consisted of soft, chewy items.Based on research that has found satiety is sensory-specific, you should expect that after this big meal Bruno would:

The amount of effort that an individual will expend on any particular task depends on:

The view that the cognitive interpretation or appraisal of physiological reactions drives the subjective experience of emotion is known as:

Mara was getting ready to take a midterm exam, and she took an antihistamine drug that has caused her physiological arousal level to increase to a moderate level.Based on what is known about the link between arousal and performance, you should predict that Mara:

According to Maslow, human needs can be represented:

Nadine is watching a movie, and as the star of the movie dies at the end, Nadine feels extremely sad.This reaction is part of the:

Homosexuality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality are all examples of:

According to Masters and Johnson, the sequence for the four phases of human sexual arousal is:

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, ____________________ needs are the first priority.

Explain the relationship between dietary variety and weight gain.