Exam 10: Emotion and Motivation

Bingwen does not like formal clothes,but he must buy a suit for his sister's wedding.He goes to seven stores before he finds a suit that he likes.Bingwen's going to buy a suit shows the ________ quality of motivation.His search through seven stores shows the ________ quality of motivation.

Cesar has done so well in his economics class that he needs to earn only 43 of 100 points on the final exam to receive an A in the class.Cesar still studies a lot because he wants to get an A on the exam.Cesar's behavior is being motivated by a(n):

Andie,Alex,Josh,and Matthew are waiting to get flu shots.Getting shots does not bother Andie and Alex,but it makes Josh and Matthew nervous.Josh is most likely to want to wait:

Toby is generally somewhat sad and pessimistic.Today,however,his candidate for president has won the election,and Toby is feeling incredibly optimistic and exuberant.Toby's usual sadness and pessimism is a(n)________; his current optimism and exuberance is a(n)________.

LaVonne is majoring in engineering,but she dislikes all of her engineering classes and loves all of her government classes.One day,when LaVonne is reading political science to avoid reading engineering,she decides to change her major and become a lawyer.LaVonne's decision reflects which quality of emotions?

Blake is waiting to hear whether he has been accepted to medical school.He is so anxious that he is having trouble working.To cope with the situation,he tries to keep himself from thinking about medical school or the admissions process.By engaging in this ________ ,Blake is likely to ________.

Which brain region shows decreased activity when the same food is eaten repeatedly,but shows increased activity when a new food is presented?

Need to belong theory states that the human need for interpersonal attachments is adaptive.As discussed in your text,belonging is a basic motive like hunger because NOT belonging:

During recess,children are trying to get the two ends of a seesaw perfectly balanced.If one side is too low,a heavier child will get off and be replaced by a lighter child; if one side is too high,a lighter child will be replaced by a heavier one.By analogy to a biological state,the children are trying to create ________,by mimicking a process of ________.

Xandra,a 3-year-old,has a damaged amygdala.Her parents should be concerned that she may:

Marte has just lost 15 pounds.Even though she has developed better eating habits and is thrilled by her new weight,she has a stronger urge to eat and a desire to eat more frequently than she did even before she lost the weight.The most likely reason for Marte's problem is:

Which of the following actions will NOT increase the likelihood of a young child's learning to like an unfamiliar food?

Short-term eating control primarily involves ________; long-term regulation of body fat primarily involves ________.

In the mythical country of Xacandra,people experience an emotion that they call blegthium.Though everyone agrees that people experience blegthium,it has proven very difficult to define or to associate blegthium with physiological correlates.Cross-cultural Xacandran psychologists have not been able to consistently find an emotion comparable to blegthium in other cultures.In terms of the circumplex model of emotions,blegthium is a ________ emotion.

Jenna plans to be an engineer.However,she loves to dance and makes time in her life to take dance classes,even if it means that she must skip a meal or get too little sleep.Jenna's behavior is easily explained by ________ theory,but is difficult to explain with ________ theory.

A child is very excited to go to the playground.He is walking in circles,fidgeting with his hands,and showing other forms of agitation.These behaviors are almost certainly the result of:

Sadao seems to make the same mistakes over and over again.His friends are constantly telling him,"Don't do that.Remember how badly it turned out the last time!" But Sadao never listens.He insists,every time,that this is a new situation.According to somatic marker theory,Sadao most likely has damage to his:

Pavati is a competitive gymnast and has made it to the final round of the Olympic trials.She is intensely motivated to perform at her absolute peak.Given your knowledge of the Yerkes-Dodson law and the effects of arousal on performance,you might advise her that she should ________,because ________.

How might the James-Lange theory of emotion describe the relationship between fear and trembling?

People tend to eat much more from a buffet than they will eat if they order a meal.Given what you know about eating behavior,how might you explain this result?