Exam 7: Motivation and Emotion

The body's tendency to maintain a steady internal state is known as drive-reduction.

According to the _____________ theory of emotion,both physiological arousal and emotional experiences are produced simultaneously by the same nerve stimulus.

___________ approaches to motivation seek to explain behavior in which the goal is to maintain or increase excitement.

Incentive approaches to motivation suggest that motivation stems from the desire to obtain valued external goals.

Inborn patterns of behavior that are biologically determined rather than learned are called _____________.

Arousal approaches to motivation suggest that motivation is a product of people's thoughts,expectations,and goals.

The factors that direct and energize the behavior of humans and other organisms are known as _________________.

____________ motivation causes us to participate in an activity for our own enjoyment,rather than for any concrete,tangible reward that it will bring to us.

_____________ approaches to motivation suggest that motivation is a product of people's thoughts,expectations,and goals.

____________ motivation causes us to do something for money,a grade,or some other concrete,tangible reward.

__________ theories of motivation fully explain why people are sometimes thrill-seeking,such as bungee jumpers.

_________________ sex is sexual activity between a married person and someone who is not his or her spouse.

This severe eating disorder causes people to binge on large quantities of food and oftentimes creates guilt and a purging of this food.

____________ motivation causes us to participate in an activity for our own enjoyment rather than for any concrete,tangible reward that it will bring to us.

The factors that direct and energize the behavior of humans and other organisms are known as _________________.

There are 353 different sets of natural born instincts that humans are born with.

Obesity can be defined as weight that is more than 30 percent above the average weight for a person of a particular height.

There are theories that oversensitivity to external eating cues based on social factors,coupled with insensitivity to internal hunger cues,produces obesity.

Motivational approaches are complementary rather than contradictory.

Drive-reduction theories fully explain why people are sometimes thrill-seeking,such as bungee jumpers.