Exam 9: Motivation and Emotion

Gavriel has a tremendous crush on Angelique, who seems to see him only as a friend. One way that Gavriel might be able to change Angelique's feelings would be to:

Negative feedback models describe the process of:

Pavati is a competitive gymnast, who 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 effects of arousal on performance, you might advise her that she should ____________, because ____________.

Weight loss programs frequently suggest that you use small plates. Why might this be an effective strategy for limiting the amount that you eat?

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

Aurore has been in a skiing accident. She remembers everything about her life, but doesn't seem to experience any emotions about her memories or about new things that happen. Aurore most likely has experienced damage to her ____________ making her ____________.

Morwenna has always been overweight and Ammon has always been thin. You could predict that if they both looked at pictures of food, a brain scan would show that Morwenna has ____________ than Ammon.

Damaging the ventromedial region of the hypothalamus of a rat will cause ____________, in which the rat will become ____________.

Which school of psychology could account most easily for the primary way in which emotions influence motivation?

Paul is getting married on Sunday. On Saturday, he is riding in a very exciting and somewhat dangerous bicycle race. He knows that it is not sensible to risk an injury the day before his wedding. But he really wants to race and he feels sure that he can do so safely. Paul's decision to ride in the race demonstrates that:

At the age of five, Connie is better able to delay gratification than Gerald. At which of the following will Connie NOT be better than Gerald when they are adolescents?

People become full fairly quickly when they have only one type of food to eat because of:

In recent years, people have formed laughter groups all across the United States, in which a small number of people get together on a regular basis to laugh. They do not do this by watching funny movies or telling jokes. Instead, they simply laugh deliberately for some period of time. Even though the laughter is occurring without humour, people in these groups enjoy improved mental and physical health. One reason for these results might be that:

The ____________ deal(s) with hot cognitions; the ____________ deal(s) with cold cognitions.

Cynthia's psychology professor was talking today about how hard it would be not to think about purple unicorns. Though Cynthia has never once before thought about a purple unicorn, she finds that she cannot stop thinking about them now. Cynthia is experiencing ____________ as a result of her attempts at ____________.

Imagine that you will be going to Zambia on a field trip. The research on facial expressions and emotion would suggest that you should:

Maslow's need hierarchy has been criticized for:

Tameri and Khai found a house to buy that they really like. The day that 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:

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 part of the face that best expresses emotion on its own is the ____________; the part of the face that best expresses emotion as part of the whole face is the ____________.