Exam 12: Motivation and Work

Winston has a very negative academic self-concept because most of his classmates are more academically advanced than he is. Winston's experience best illustrates

A loss of perceived control tends to result in

People who must go on kidney dialysis usually ________ recover near-normal levels of day-to-day happiness. People who must have permanent colostomies usually ________ recover near-normal levels of day-to-day happiness.

According to the Cannon-Bard theory, bodily arousal is related to the subjective awareness of emotion in the same way as the ________ is related to the ________.

A general sense of happiness or life satisfaction is most unrelated to whether people

Subjective well-being refers to

Research on nonverbal communication has revealed that

Evidence that visual input is routed from the thalamus directly to the amygdala has been used to support the claim that

People who laugh a lot have exhibited a lower incidence of

North Americans are more likely than Japanese citizens to display their feelings openly. This cultural difference best reflects the American culture's greater emphasis on

Mrs. Chen asks her teenage son, Keith, to rake the leaves in the yard. Keith is most likely to want to help his mother after

Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system

It has been suggested that baring the teeth is universally associated with the expression of anger because this ability to convey threats has helped humans to survive. This suggestion best illustrates the

After receiving very bad news, people ________ the duration of their negative emotions.

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic components of emotion identified in the text?

A celebrity actress experiences ever-increasing levels of professional acclaim following each successful movie role. Yet with each success, she experiences no more than a temporary surge of subjective well-being. This is best explained in terms of the

Who suggested that a sneer retains elements of baring one's teeth so as to threaten predators?

After Georgiana learns that a tornado has destroyed her house, her brain probably directed the outer part of her adrenal glands to react by

If people wrinkle their noses in disgust when presented with a strange-looking food, they are likely to experience an increasingly intense emotional aversion to the food. This best illustrates the

When students studied others who were worse off than themselves, they felt greater satisfaction with their own lives. This is an example of the principle of