Exam 12: Motivation and Emotion

Walking into a class that he had foolishly ignored for a month, Roy discovers that an exam is scheduled for that session. As part of his panic, which of the following happens?

Dustin has successfully reinterpreted a stressful experience as a challenging learning opportunity. What has probably happened in his brain?

Dr. LaGrange is skeptical of drive theories of motivation. Which of the following behaviors is he most likely to cite to justify his skepticism?

Assume that the probability that a man is gay is about 50% if his identical twin is gay. Karl and Konrad are identical twins. However, each was adopted by a different family soon after birth. Karl is gay. What are the chances that Konrad is also gay?

Does emotion enhance or impair memory, according to your text? Does this accord with what is known about flashbulb memories?

Motivational tension that activates behavior to satisfy a goal is termed a(n) __________.

Addie is frightened; Butch is disgusted. Their differing emotions have __________ effects on their perceptual processes.

Dr. Horowitz computes the correlation coefficient between scores on an index of the opportunities afforded women in a number of countries around the globe and the importance of a man's status and resources to women seeking a mate in those countries. What type of correlation should he find?

What happens in the liver during fasting?

What might demonstrations of both physiological and cultural influences on eating have to say with respect to the nature vs. nurture issue, if anything?

Innate, biologically determined patterns of behavior are called __________.

Which of the following is NOT among the shortcomings of instinct approaches to motivation?

Which of the following statements is true?

Your text describes three phases of the female hormonal cycle. Which of the following alternatives CORRECTLY pairs a phase with its description?

"Dance like no-one's watching. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt," exhorts a sign on Dr. Elliott's office door. This sign underscores the importance of __________ reward.

In a psychology class debate, Gemma has been assigned to argue that aggression primarily reflects nurture rather than nature. Which of the following statements offers the strongest support for her position?

According to the dual-center theory, where is the "go eat" center for feeding?

According to Schachter and Singer, our emotions are based on __________.

A recreational drug stimulates the release of dopamine. Which of the following words BEST describes the subjective experience that might accompany the use of the drug?

Your text mentions a study in which violence levels in a community were assessed before and after the introduction of television. Which of the following statements about this study is FALSE?