Exam 12: Motivation

In an approach-avoidance conflict, a person must choose the lesser of two evils.

What percentage of Canadian adults is now overweight or obese?

Performance goals are framed in terms of showing others how good you are.

What are the limitations of the research by Masters and Johnson?

When obese women combined diet and moderate physical activity, they lost weight and their metabolic rates rose.

Performance goals are framed in terms of increasing one's competence and skills.

The TAT involves interpreting abstract, symmetrical inkblots.

A person with a/an ________ attachment style will find that others are reluctant to get as close as he would like and worries that his partner won't stay with him.

Research investigations of identical twins reared together and apart show that the early family environment has almost no effect at all on weight gain.

Human beings have only a few primary, unlearned drives, including the need to reduce hunger and thirst and to avoid cold and pain.

Describe the eating disorders that occur when women (and some men) become obsessed with weight and dieting in order to avoid becoming "fat." What causes eating disorders?

Which of the following is NOT accurate according to research on the biology of desire?

The authors would be most likely to agree with all of the following statements about work EXCEPT:

The rationale that formed the basis for David McClelland's use of the Thematic Apperception Test to study the need for achievement was that people would:

Brent loves skateboarding. Last week he told his friend that he could learn a new trick in one week. In the last week he spent all his free time at the skateboard park attempting to master the new trick. This is an example of:

Imagine you have taken a test of adult attachment style and you find out that you have a secure attachment style. It is likely that you agreed with which of the following statements:

Approach goals are positive experiences that you seek directly.

How does evolution work against the current cultural standard of excessive thinness? Describe the eating disorders that occur when women become obsessed with weight and dieting in order to avoid becoming "fat."

Although large numbers of people report that they are dieting, there have been dramatic increases in the number of overweight individuals. In what ways has the environment changed to cause this worldwide epidemic?

________ is defined as the genetically influenced weight range for an individual, maintained by biological mechanisms that regulate food intake, fat reserves, and metabolism.