Question 1

What physiological signals cause us to stop eating?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What physiological signals cause us to stop...

Question 2

Biochemically speaking, androgens such as testosterone and estrogen are related.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

One potential criticism of Abraham Maslow's need hierarchy is that people may still pursue their need for ___________, even when presumably lower needs, such as the need for _____________, have not yet been satisfied or met.

Accepted Answer

A) love and affiliation; security 
B) esteem and the respect of others; self-actualization 
C) food and water; security 
D) security; love and affiliation

Question 4

Which of the following would represent an example of the avoidance-avoidance conflict? A child who ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) is having difficulty choosing between two great-tasting candy bars 
B) is given the option of either going to school sick or going to the doctor's office 
C) really likes a particular food but knows that it will give him an upset stomach later 
D) can't decide if she wants to go to Disneyland or Disneyworld for vacation

Question 5

Professor M. decides to allow students to choose their own style of evaluation in her course. As a result of this, students feel an enhanced emotional bond to Professor M. and even to the university. According to self-determination theory, this is because

Accepted Answer

A) students are able to achieve higher goals 
B) students can now self-actualize 
C) increased autonomy results in increased relatedness 
D) fear of failure has been reduced 
E) heightened arousal is misattributed

Question 6

LeDoux's work on emotions suggests that sensory information arrives at the _____________, where it is then routed to the ____________, which is responsible for labeling the emotion and is also sent to the ____________, which is responsible for coordinating and triggering physiological and behavioural responses to emotionally-arousing stimuli.

Accepted Answer

A) amygdala; cortex; thalamus 
B) thalamus; cortex; amygdala 
C) amygdala; thalamus; cortex 
D) cortex; thalamus; amygdala 
E) thalamus; amygdala; cortex

Question 7

You notice that an individual is displaying only negative emotions-there are no positive emotions at all. Your suspicion is

Accepted Answer

A) damage to or disconnection of the left hemisphere 
B) damage to or disconnection of the right hemisphere 
C) disconnection of the fusiform facial area 
D) damage to the dopamine system 
E) damage to the hippocampus

Question 8

Modern research on emotions has suggested that positive emotions are associated with higher activity in the left hemisphere, while negative emotions are related to higher activity in the __________________.

Accepted Answer

A) prefrontal lobe 
B) amygdala 
C) right hemisphere 
D) hippocampus

Question 9

What do you believe determines sexual orientation? Does your belief correspond to theories that have been rejected?

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Question 10

Different studies have tried manipulating leptin activity in mice in different ways. One approach has been to breed mice that lack the ability to produce leptin (Coleman, 1978; Zhang, 1994). Another approach has been to breed mice whose brain lacks functioning leptin receptors (Chen et al., 1996; Halaas et al., 1995). What results were associated with those approaches?

Accepted Answer

A) In both cases, the mice became underweight. 
B) In the first case (mice lacking the ability to produce leptin), the mice became overweight.In the second case (mice lacking the receptors necessary to detect leptin), no significant change in average body weight was observed. 
C) In the first case (mice lacking the ability to produce leptin), no significant change in average body weight was observed.In the second case (mice lacking the receptors necessary to detect leptin), the mice became overweight. 
D) In both cases, the mice became obese (i.e.overweight). 
E) None of these answers accurately reflects the results of those studies.

Question 11

Though nobody in his family has diabetes, Abel's physician told him that he does. She attributes his diabetes to obesity and explains that people who are overweight often have higher levels of ________________, the hormone that helps convert glucose into fat.

Accepted Answer

A) leptin 
B) cholecystokinin (CCK) 
C) glucose 
D) insulin 
E) melatonin

Question 12

Kinsey initially conceptualized sexual orientation as

Accepted Answer

A) a three-dimensional construct including self-identity, sexual attraction, and actual sexual behaviour 
B) a well-defined sense of either being "male" or "female" 
C) sexual behaviours that are culturally defined as being "masculine" or "feminine" 
D) being genetically determined at the time of conception 
E) a continuum ranging from "exclusively homosexual" at one end to "exclusively heterosexual" at the other end

Question 13

The fight-or-flight response in both animals and humans is produced in part by the

Accepted Answer

A) parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system 
B) sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system 
C) somatic nervous system 
D) central nervous system

Question 14

Men's bodies produce ____________ and women's bodies produce __________.

Accepted Answer

A) only androgens; only estrogens 
B) only estrogens; only androgens 
C) both androgens and estrogens; both androgens and estrogens 
D) only testosterone; only progesterone

Question 15

What is empathy?

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The answer of What is empathy?...

Question 16

What does research indicate about gender differences in identifying emotional expressions?

Accepted Answer

A) Women are generally more accurate than men at reading emotions, and this is likely a result of learning as traditionally women are more likely to perform roles that involve caring for others. 
B) Women are generally more accurate than men at reading emotions, and this is likely a result of biological differences due to evolutionary adaptations. 
C) Men are generally more accurate than women at reading emotions, and this is likely a result of learning as traditionally men are more likely to perform roles that involve competition. 
D) Men are generally more accurate than women at reading emotions, and this is likely a result of biological differences due to evolutionary adaptations.

Question 17

Researchers suspect that neurotransmitters are involved in the experiencing of positive emotions. These neurotransmitters include

Accepted Answer

A) adrenaline and norepinephrine 
B) dopamine and norepinephrine 
C) dopamine and endorphins 
D) adrenaline and endorphins

Question 18

Physiological arousal builds rapidly and blood flow increases to the organs in and around the genitals in a process called vasocongestion during the __________ phase of the sexual response cycle.

Accepted Answer

A) plateau 
B) excitement 
C) stimulation 
D) resolution

Question 19

Physiology and subjective cognitions interact to generate emotion according to the ___________________ theory proposed by Richard Lazarus.

Accepted Answer

A) Cannon-Bard 
B) cognitive-affective 
C) James-Lange 
D) common sense

Question 20

Leptin has an effect on neurons in the ___, where it inhibits the release of ___.

Accepted Answer

A) hypothalamus; neuropeptide Y 
B) reticular formation; ghrelin 
C) hypothalamus; insulin 
D) suprachiasmatic nucleus; neuropeptide Y 
E) reticular formation; insulin

Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion