Exam 10: Emotion and Motivation

Imagine you are in the forest and come across a bear.Which of the following explanations best represents the James-Lange theory of emotion?

Miryam has been playing the violin since she was a child.She loves violin and practices frequently.When she is 15 years old,her violin teacher tells her that she is quite talented and he wants her to enter a major competition for which she must practice 3 hours a day.Though Miryam usually practices more than 3 hours,she suddenly finds that she enjoys playing less and has to force herself to practice.One theory of motivation would suggest that Miryam's sudden loss of interest could be due to reduced feelings of competence because:

Researchers conduct an experiment in which male participants are given a drug that makes them feel extremely happy.Participants in Group A are told that they will feel this way from the drug.Participants in Group B are not told about the effects of the drug.After the drug has taken effect,an attractive woman enters the room.According to the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory,which group of participants is less likely to feel attracted to the woman,and why?

Which of the following emotions is an infant capable of expressing at birth?

Margarita is a brilliant student.The men she has dated in the past have had trouble dealing with her academic success.Margarita just won a full scholarship for her last two years of college.She is going to tell her current boyfriend at dinner,and she feels nauseated every time she thinks about it.Margarita's reaction can easily be explained by:

The Yerkes-Dodson law,which characterizes the relation between arousal and performance,is characterized graphically as a(n):

Who has the highest probability of having a same-sex sexual orientation?

Damaging the ventromedial region of the hypothalamus of a rat will cause ________,and as a result the rat will become ________.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)is characterized by attempts to avoid thinking about a seriously traumatic event,accompanied by flashbacks to and nightmares about that event.PTSD would seem to involve the emotional coping strategy of:

Which of the following is NOT one of the four essential qualities of motivational states emphasized in most general theories of motivation?

An evolutionary explanation of mate preferences might suggest that men seek physically attractive women because:

Tameri and Khai have found a house to buy that they really like.The day they found it,they had been having a wonderful time house hunting and planning their life together.A few days later,after having had a miserable day at work,Khai goes back to look at the house again.You could predict that Khai will like the house:

A(n)________ is a physiological state that encourages behaviors that correct a deficiency state,which is called a(n)________.

Emilio and Claudio are both graduating seniors.Emilio has an A average,and Claudio has a C average.They are both applying to law school at Harvard,Stanford,and Yale.Emilio is likely to be ________ in achievement motivation,and Claudio is likely to be ________ in achievement motivation.

Huram is very sad because his girlfriend has gone to study abroad for a year.His friends try to get him to go out with them,but he just does not want to go.Even going to work is becoming difficult; he does not seem to want to do anything.Huram is lacking:

The strongest cross-cultural congruence in the identification of emotions seems to involve ________ ,and the weakest seems to involve ________.

Makena is starting her first job as a teacher.To effectively motivate her students,she ought to develop a policy for rewards in which she:

The ________ is (are)the facial feature(s)that best express(es)emotion on its own; the ________ is (are)the facial feature(s)that best express(es)emotion as part of the whole face.

Bronwen is a first-year student and wants to meet more people.She attends a meeting of a campus organization,and then goes to a party in her dorm.She does not meet anyone she likes at either event and stops searching for new friends.Bronwen has the ________ quality of motivation,but not the ________ quality of motivation.

Blythe had a large and late breakfast.Even though she was planning to skip lunch,she starts to feel hungry at noon and decides to eat.The best explanation for Blythe's hunger at lunchtime and subsequent decision to eat would come from: