Exam 7: The Feeling Mind Emotion and Motivation

Why are animals motivated to explore their environments?

Which model or theory proposes that emotions act as a reservoir that fills up and spills over,and that expressing these emotions will reduce arousal?

Which model or theory of emotion proposes that general arousal leads to assessment,which in turn calls for an assessment that leads to subjective feelings?

Which model or theory of emotion proposes that a range of physical sensations,from precise to general,requires varying degrees of cognitive processing prior to subjective feelings?

A cultural norm that specifies when,where,and how a person should express an emotion is referred to as a ____.

Drive theories of motivation are often described as "____" theories because internal drives move an organism toward a goal.

When asked to identify what is most important to their happiness,an overwhelming majority of people typically rated ____ at the top of their list.

The binge-purge cycling of bulimia nervosa involves processes similar to those of ____.

Nicole tells her gynecologist that lately she has had no sexual desire.Nicole and her gynecologist discuss the possibility of using a hormone patch to address her sexual dysfunction.This hormone patch likely uses which hormone?

After a night of eating a gallon of ice cream and potato chips,Stephen takes laxatives to purge the ingested food from his body.Stephen,like many others who suffer from bulimia nervosa,is likely to feel what after purging?

Elroy is eager to lose weight after gaining 15 pounds during his freshman year of college.He decides to do a crash diet over the summer,which starts with cabbage soup and salad every day for 2 weeks.Elroy loses weight at first but quickly puts weight back on,even gaining an extra 5 pounds before returning to college.What is the most likely reason for this?

Clarice wakes up in a daze and remembers that she has to do laundry.On her way to the laundry room,she encounters an enormous black spider,which causes her heart to race.Despite this,she continues to the laundry room and stays until all of her clothes are washed and dried to her satisfaction.What aspect of Clarice's day demonstrates motivation?

According to Maslow,what is at the pinnacle of human striving?

Baby Alec squints his face,squeezes his fists,and tightens up his body muscles.His mother immediately runs over to try to soothe him.Alec's actions demonstrate that ____.

Donatella participates in a study and is asked to view a series of images that are likely to provoke strong emotion: a father caressing his newborn baby;a child crying at his mother's funeral;and a shark ferociously attacking a seal.While she views these images,a PET scan monitors her brain activity.What is the PET scan likely to show?

According to a study (Matsumoto,Yoo,Nakagawa,et al. ,2008),individuals from which nation are most likely to show the lowest amount of emotional suppression?

Which researcher supports an incentive theory of motivation?

Children who are highly responsive and show strong emotional reactions to novel stimuli are more likely to be ____ adults.

The Somatovisceral Afference Model of Emotion (SAME)provides a middle ground between which two theories of emotion?

Why are those who suffer from diabetes with high levels of glucose in their blood likely to report feeling hungry?