Exam 12: Motivation and Emotion

How do emotion and motivation differ?

When are we most likely to feel sated and stop eating?

Derek has had an orgasm and is unable to have another one just yet. His fiancé, Emma, however, has not had an orgasm yet. Her heart rate and blood pressure are rising, but at a slowing rate. In addition, the muscles in her vagina are tightening. With respect to the human sexual response cycle, Derek is in the __________, while Emma is in the __________.

Prudence, a college student, is interested mainly in developing her knowledge and thinking skills. Her friend Queenie's focus, though, is squarely on her GPA. Prudence has adopted a(n) __________ orientation to her studies, while Queenie displays a(n) __________ orientation.

The pain matrix includes the __________ and the __________.

The primary purpose of sympathetic nervous system activation is to __________.

Proximal is to remote as __________ determinants of behavior are to __________ determinants of behavior.

Dr. Franklin wishes to display the self-reported sexual arousal of male and female participants as a function of whether a male or a female selected the sexually explicit video clips that participants viewed. Is a bar or a line graph more appropriate to display such data? On which axis should self-reported arousal appear?

Lying in bed at night, Cassie tries not to feel sad about the death of a close friend by thinking of the positive legacy of her friend's life. At work, Cassie tries not to show her sadness. In bed at night, Cassie is engaged in __________. At work, she is practicing __________.

The James-Lange theory of emotion asserts that feelings __________.

Gwen is a well-off "woman of a certain age," in her 50s. She is often seen with one male companion or another. These men are invariably much younger than she is. "Why not?" asks Harriet in her defense. "Her children are grown. She doesn't need a provider anymore." "Not only that, she has her own money," Ingrid adds. Harriet is offering a(n) __________ account of Gwen's mating preferences. Ingrid is offering a(n) __________.

Anton's body temperature averages 98.2 degrees Fahrenheit. What does that mean?

We seek others' company not only for the benefits we derive from social contact, but also because we do not want to be alone or rejected.

Which of the following is identified in your text as a question of interest to current obesity researchers?

You wish to perform survey research to find out more about sexual orientation and identity in America. Which of the following is probably NOT among your concerns as you begin this line of research?

At home with the flu, Stan is aching all over. Pain messages are traveling on the __________ pathway via __________ fibers.

Ramona suffered a stroke, damaging a portion of her anterior cingulate cortex. Deficits are most likely to be apparent in Ramona's experience of __________.

Dr. Wong describes joy as an emotion high in pleasantness and high in activation. Contentment, he says, is a combination of high pleasantness and low activation. Dr. Wong takes a(n) __________ approach to understanding emotional experience.

Dr. Franklin shows male and female participants sexually explicit video clips and finds that the male participants report greater arousal than do their female counterparts. However, that all the clips were selected by Dr. Franklin's male research assistant casts doubt on the study's __________. In a follow-up study, a male assistant selects half the clips, and a female selects the remainder. The gender of the individual selecting the clip is a(n) __________ variable in this study.

Your text describes the influence of culture on hunger and eating. Would the existence of such influences pose a problem for instinct and drive theories of motivation?