Question 1

A man's sex drive is related to the amount of which of the following supplied by his testes?

Accepted Answer

A)  androgens 
B)  progesterones 
C)  estrogens 
D)  endorphins

Question 2

Regarding pain tolerance, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  In general, we learn how to react to pain by observing family members' reactions to pain. 
B)  Pain avoidance is considered a stimulus motive. 
C)  Pain avoidance is episodic. 
D)  Pain prompts us to avoid or to eliminate sources of discomfort.

Question 3

You have just narrowly missed hitting a car that pulled out in front of you.Your heart is pounding, your throat is dry, your hands are trembling, and you are sweating.Your reactions

Accepted Answer

A)  were caused by the autonomic nervous system. 
B)  were learned through cultural conditioning. 
C)  are voluntary, rather than automatic. 
D)  are characterized by all of these.

Question 4

Kinesics refers to the study of

Accepted Answer

A)  body language. 
B)  how memories are encoded through movement. 
C)  the autonomic arousal during emotional states. 
D)  profiling the criminal mind.

Question 5

Regarding emotional intelligence, which of the following statements is FALSE?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Negative emotions, such as distress, mayfocus a person on seeking help, mending a relationship, or finding a new direction in life. 
B)  ​Acceptingthat emotions are valuable is an important first step in learning emotional intelligence. 
C)  ​Positive emotions are just a pleasant side effect of happy circumstances. 
D)  ​It is clear that emotional intelligence can be learned, although psychologists are still unsure how to teach it.

Question 6

The "target" of one's motivated behavior is known as a(n)__________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The "target" of one's motivated behavior is...

Question 7

Like other humanistic psychologists, Maslow believed that people are

Accepted Answer

A)  blank slates, or basically neutral. 
B)  basically bad. 
C)  basically good. 
D)  motivated by power.

Question 8

Regarding the basic emotions, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Basic emotions, like fear, are likely first processed by subcortical brain structures in the limbic system. 
B)  Basic emotions develop early in infancy, unfolding mainly because of maturation. 
C)  People in different cultures display different basic emotions and different facial expressions. 
D)  It is highly likely that we share the experience of basic emotions with other mammals.

Question 9

Mary is very offended by the discussion at the dinner party she is attending, but she does a good job of suppressing her emotions so that nobody can tell.Because Mary is devoting her attention to self control, she is likely to

Accepted Answer

A)  recall only the positive events of the party. 
B)  have some impairment in thinking and memory. 
C)  change her beliefs regarding the offensive topic. 
D)  have an emotional breakdown when she leaves the party.

Question 10

Tanya works hard at her job in order to be recognized as an excellent employee and to feel worthwhile in her career.Tanya is trying to fulfill the need for

Accepted Answer

A)  esteem and self-esteem. 
B)  love and belonging. 
C)  self-actualization. 
D)  safety and security.

Question 11

People who suffer damage to which part of the brain become "blind" to emotion and are unable to feel fear in a life-threatening situation or to relate normally to family and friends?

Accepted Answer

A)  amygdala 
B)  occipital lobes 
C)  corpus callosum 
D)  midbrain

Question 12

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are

Accepted Answer

A)  adolescent growth phases that a few women go through and that disappear later. 
B)  classified as psychotic behavior. 
C)  temporary side effects of dieting. 
D)  serious health threatening problems.

Question 13

Roasted grasshoppers are highly nutritious; however, even if you are very hungry, you may still reject them as food because the grasshoppers are

Accepted Answer

A)  high in incentive value. 
B)  high in motivation. 
C)  low in incentive value. 
D)  low in stimulus motives.

Question 14

To enhance your self-confidence, you should make comparisons when you first acquire a skill so you will know how much you need to improve regarding this skill.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Regarding both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vomiting reduces the anxiety of the bulimic, which makes purging highly reinforcing. 
B)  Girls who spend a lot of time reading teen magazines are more likely to have distorted body images and unrealistic ideas about how they compare with others. 
C)  Most people suffering from eating disorders will eventually seek help on their own. 
D)  People engaged in sports, such as wrestling, gymnastics, pole vaulting, high jumping, and cycling are particularly likely to develop eating disorders.

Question 16

The owner of a mattress factory is concerned about the quality of the mattresses coming off the assembly line.Which of the following incentives would most likely increase the quality of the assembly line employees?

Accepted Answer

A)  a $1.00 per hour raise 
B)  25 cents for each mattress produced 
C)  a company meeting on improving performance in which employees actively participate 
D)  a detailed memo listing the new rules that employees must follow on the assembly line

Question 17

If an event is judged to be threatening, you will feel anxiety.If a situation looks dire and you fear the worst but yearn for the best, you will feel hope.If you see something another person has and wish it was yours, you will feel envy.These feelings of anxiety, hope, and envy are due to your

Accepted Answer

A)  emotional appraisals. 
B)  unconscious attributions. 
C)  cognitive distinctions. 
D)  facial feedback.

Question 18

"Snob appeal," an advertising approach that appeals to status, is an effort to arouse one's __________ motives.

Accepted Answer

A)  biological 
B)  homeostatic 
C)  learned 
D)  stimulus

Question 19

Regarding emotional expressions, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Emotional expressions give valuable hints about what other people are likely to do next. 
B)  Emotional expressions aid survival because they communicate our feelings to others. 
C)  Charles Darwin observed that all species, including tigers, monkeys, dogs, and humans, bare their teeth in the same way when they are angry. 
D)  People are able to detect happy, sad, or neutral faces faster than angry and scheming faces.

Question 20

Which of the following scientists performed an experiment that consisted of one of the scientists swallowing a balloon that was inflated so that the movements of the stomach could be recorded?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dollard and Miller 
B)  Yerkes and Dodson 
C)  Cannon and Washburn 
D)  James and Lange

Exam 10: Motivation and Emotion.