Exam 10: Motivation and Emotion

Psychologists distinguish between ____________________motives like the need for food and water and those ____________________ motives that are acquired through learning.

Which of the following psychologists is MOST closely identified with research on the achievement motive?

Which of the following researchers proposed parental investment theory?

The polygraph,or lie detector,detects lies accurately by monitoring key indicators of automatic nervous system arousal.

Which of the following is NOT associated with a decrease in hunger or eating behavior?

Leptin is produced by glucostatic neurons and results in increased feelings of hunger.

The ____ component of an emotion consists of the "body language" used to express the emotion.

There is some evidence that people who place an especially strong emphasis on the pursuit of wealth and materialistic goals tend to be somewhat more successful and happy,compared to others.

According to K.B.Madsen,most motivation theories identify ____ biological needs.

Imagine that your house is on fire and you are afraid.Which of the following explanations BEST represents the James-Lange theory?

Which of the following factors shows the WEAKEST relationship with happiness?

A person's achievement behavior is influenced by all of the following EXCEPT

____ consider emotions to be largely innate reactions to certain stimuli.

The need to master difficult challenges,outperform others,and meet high standards of excellence is referred to as

When the mental scale that people use to judge the pleasantness-unpleasantness of their experiences shifts so that their neutral point,or baseline for comparison changes ____ is said to have occurred

Ekman and Friesen found that individuals are capable of identifying which emotions another person was experiencing on the basis of ____ cues in photographs.

A device that measures heart rate,respiration rate,and blood pressure (i.e.,autonomic arousal)is

Parental investment theory predicts that,in comparison to women,men show ____ interest in sexual activity and ____ willingness to engage in uncommitted sex.

Which weight control theory proposes a more optimistic view for those hoping to lose weight?

The ____________________ theory of emotion argues that emotion occurs when the thalamus simultaneously sends signals to the cerebral cortex and to the autonomic nervous system.