Exam 9: Motivation and Emotion

The ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) may be involved in ________.

Lashley (1938) stated that the thalamus would have to be pretty sophisticated to make sense of all the possible emotions and relay them to the proper areas of the cortex and body. Which theory of emotion was Lashley criticizing?

The English words motivation and emotion come from the Latin root meaning "to move."

Physiologically-based drives that are unlearned are called ________ drives.

The theory stating that behaviors are motivated by an organism's attempts to reduce tension from conditions such as hunger or thirst, and return the body to a state of balance, is called ________ theory.

Professor Maginty asks her students to work on some creative writing in class one day, giving them the freedom to write about anything that interests them. They all do very good work, and submit excellent, creative essays. The next day she asks them to do the same thing but promises them all extra credit if their work is very good. How will applying an external reward to the writing impact the students' motivation?

Primary motives are:

Maslow's work has had an impact on the field of ________.

Instincts are thought to:

The ________ theory of emotion states that the experience of emotion occurs simultaneously with biological changes.

The concept that a person acts in a certain manner because of an innate predisposition to do so is based on the ________ theory.

Seeing a snake, and then simultaneously running away from it and becoming frightened, is the sequence of events postulated by ________ theory.

According to Ekman, which of the following is NOT one of the universal facial expressions?

Problematic functioning of which of the following hormones can lead to overeating?

Which of the following examples BEST represents the Yerkes-Dodson Law?

What is the correct sequence of events in emotional response according to the Cannon-Bard theory?

Maslow's transcendence need can be described as appreciating order, beauty, and symmetry.

You just finished a cup of very strong coffee, which causes your body to have a general feeling of arousal. That afternoon, you walk past a cemetery where several people are crying at a graveside. According to Schachter and Singer, which of the following would most likely occur?

What do we call biologically determined, innate patterns of behavior?

Which need that is noted in the Self-Determination Theory of Ryan and Deci (2000) is most analogous to McClelland's nAff?