Exam 10: Emotion and Motivation

In an accident,Shuchun has received damage to his prefrontal cortex.This condition is likely to cause Shuchun to have a lessened ability to:

Dagmar and Bjorg have gone down the most demanding ski trail at the resort.Back at the lodge,they suddenly find that their attraction for each other has increased greatly.This effect is most likely due to:

Makena has recently started taking an antidepressant that increases levels of serotonin.You might expect that she will start to:

Eva and Garnet are identical twins who survived a traumatic accident in which a bus they were riding in plummeted into a river.During the accident,Eva's amygdala was severely damaged; Garnet experienced no injuries.You would expect that Eva ________ develop a conditioned fear to buses and Garnet ________ develop a conditioned fear to buses.

A convincing piece of evidence for the idea that positive emotions and negative emotions are independent is that positive emotions involve ________ and negative emotions involve ________.

Participants in a psychology experiment are shown photographs that elicit three kinds of emotional reactions: happiness,fear,or sadness.A week later,they are shown a series of photographs and asked to identify which ones they had seen before.You could predict that the best memory would be for the:

Jason is fascinated by his physics course; he gets excited every time he walks into class.However,Jason has always considered himself someone who does not like science,so he does not recognize that his excitement is due to the class.Instead,he decides that he must be attracted to his lab partner.Jason's misattribution of his arousal is compatible with which theory of emotion?

The ________ deal(s)with motivating behavior; the ________ deal(s)with cold cognitions.

A major aspect of depression is persistently negative cognitive attributions about the self,life,and the future.Depression would seem to involve the emotional coping strategy of:

According to self-determination theory,________ rewards may reduce ________ value.

In the mythical country of Xacandra,people experience an emotion they call revzola.Revzola is associated with particular states of arousal,and the people who experience it strongly do better in Xacandran society.When Xacandran psychologists explored nearby countries,they discovered that every culture had an emotion like revzola,though they called it by different names.In terms of the circumplex model of emotions,revzola is a ________ emotion.

Marissa is learning to make soup.She is not sure how high the flame on the burner should be in order to cook it properly.On her first attempt,she uses such a low flame that the soup is not done in time for dinner.The next time,she uses a high flame,and the soup boils over.Finally,she uses a flame that is just high enough.Marissa's experience is analogous to the relationship between:

Motivational states are directive,which means they:

How many English words refer to emotions?

Reiko is studying for finals and has not slept for almost two days.She finally realizes she is exhausted and goes home from the library to sleep.Reiko's exhaustion is a(n)________,and going home to sleep is a(n)________.

The Gianellis adopted Abigail and two years later adopted Cassandra,each from a different set of biological parents.As the girls get older,you would expect that the evidence for genetic influences on their levels of guilt would get ________ and the evidence for the influence of a shared environment on guilt would get ________.

Research on possible factors in the development of male homosexuality has found a causal role:

A group of rats has had an area of their brains damaged,resulting in a disruption of sexual behavior.The area that was damaged was most likely the:

Massoud is an international student studying in America.In his culture,women are expected to be very modest.He really likes Hillary,an American girl whom he has gotten to know in his art history class.However,Massoud is distressed and is reevaluating his opinion of Hillary because she spontaneously kissed him on their second date.Though she probably did not realize it,Hillary has:

Makena and her husband have always had a good sexual relationship.However,after she started taking antidepressants,Makena started losing interest in sex.The most likely reason is: