Question 1

Compared to people from Western countries,People from Asia tend to judge the emotions of a person in a photograph based on

Accepted Answer

A)  their own feelings.
B)  the people in the background of the photograph.
C)  the age of the person in the photograph.
D)  the facial expression of the person in the photograph. B

Question 2

Researchers have found that homosexual men tend to have a greater number of older brothers than heterosexual men.Which hypothesis has been proposed to account for this finding?

Accepted Answer

A)  The mother's immune system is exposed to male-specific proteins during pregnancy,which then limits the amount of testosterone available during later pregnancies.
B)  Parents tend to deemphasize masculinity in young sons if they already have several sons.
C)  Being raised with older male brothers influences the developing sexuality of male children.
D)  Younger brothers eventually inherit a gene that predisposes them to homosexuality. A

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of an emotional dialect?

Accepted Answer

A)  Experiencing anger
B)  Avoiding laughter in church
C)  Raising one's chin in contempt
D)  Smiling as a sign of happiness C

Question 4

Steven is paralyzed from the neck down and does not experience the autonomic responses that usually accompany fear.Despite this injury,he continues to experience fear.Which theory of emotion is contradicted by this observation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cannon-Bard
B)  Two-factor theory
C)  James-Lange theory
D)  Physiological theory

Question 5

Which is an example of facial feedback hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A)  smiling in order to draw a smile from a friend
B)  avoiding eye contact in order to avoid talking to someone
C)  making yourself smile,then finding that your mood is more positive
D)  trying to make eye contact in order to flirt with someone

Question 6

The authors of your textbook argue that so many couples praise parenthood because

Accepted Answer

A)  it increases material satisfaction.
B)  it increases happiness.
C)  it makes them feel useful.
D)  it fulfills the need to belong.

Question 7

The _______________ quickly assesses danger or threat.

Accepted Answer

A)  prefrontal cortex
B)  amygdala
C)  right hemisphere
D)  sympathetic nervous system

Question 8

____________motives reflect a desire to understand or overcome a challenge for its own sake.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________motives reflect a desire to understand or...

Question 9

The polygraph "lie detector" is based on the assumption that a person who is guilty and fearful will have

Accepted Answer

A)  increased activity of the parasympathetic nervous system.
B)  increased activity of the Cannon-Bard pathway.
C)  increased activity of the autonomic nervous system.
D)  increased activity in the hippocampus.

Question 10

____________motives are geared toward gaining rewards or public recognition.

Accepted Answer

A)  Mastery
B)  Performance
C)  Egocentric
D)  Approach

Question 11

Bill has felt isolated and like an "outsider" since coming to college for his freshman year.As a result,he decided to rush a fraternity and was very excited when he was selected to pledge.According to Maslow,Bill may be attempting to meet the need of

Accepted Answer

A)  freedom.
B)  belonging.
C)  transcendence.
D)  physiology.

Question 12

Many people who have temporal lobe epilepsy describe the seizures as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  painful
B)  "raw fear"
C)  out-of-body experiences
D)  religious experiences

Question 13

What is mortality salience?

Accepted Answer

A)  an increased awareness of death.
B)  the belief that the soul does not die with the body.
C)  most people's failure to consider that they will die someday.
D)  strategies people use to try to extend their lives.

Question 14

You are walking in the forest and see a bear.According to the Cannon-Bard theory,what happens next?

Accepted Answer

A)  You experience physiological changes followed by fear.
B)  You feel fear,followed by physiological changes.
C)  You experience physiological changes and a feeling of fear simultaneously.
D)  You experience physiological changes and context appraisal followed by fear.

Question 15

For people with bulimia nervosa,binge eating is usually followed by _________,most commonly by inducing vomiting.

Accepted Answer

The answer of For people with bulimia nervosa,binge eating is...

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of the unit bias?

Accepted Answer

A)  buying a second bottle of soda because the store has a "buy one,get one free" sale
B)  adding more sugar to a cup of coffee because it is bitter
C)  asking for a second helping of pasta
D)  eating more chips in one sitting from a "jumbo" bag than a regular size bag

Question 17

In one study discussed in your textbook,healthy individuals volunteered to receive all the nutrients their bodies needed through tube feeding.What do the results of this study suggest?

Accepted Answer

A)  People primarily eat to replenish nutrients.
B)  The stomach has specialized receptors to detect nutrients.
C)  People continue to eat,even when their nutritional needs have been met.
D)  Nutritious food elevates hunger faster than non-nutritious food.

Question 18

Luisa is working out at a gym and her body temperature begins to rise.Tool cool itself down,her body begins to sweat.After showing however,her body temperature drops below ideal,so her body begins to shiver to warm itself up.This example illustrates the concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  libido.
B)  homeostasis.
C)  satiation.
D)  drives.

Question 19

Masters and Johnson's original subjects in the study of human sexual response were

Accepted Answer

A)  prostitutes.
B)  church elders and parishioners.
C)  prisoners in the local jails.
D)  volunteers from introductory psychology classes.

Question 20

Some research on the brain basis of sexual orientation has found reduced size in regions of the _____ in homosexual men.

Accepted Answer

A)  hippocampus
B)  cerebral cortex
C)  hypothalamus
D)  amygdala

Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion