Exam 9: Motivation and Emotion

When parents try to break up the romance of a son or daughter, they tend to add anger, frustration, and fear to the situation. Then, the romantic couple may see the cause of all these intense feelings to be "love." This situation illustrates the effects of the mental process called

A need is an internal deficiency that may energize behavior.

Regarding incentives, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of the parasympathetic division of the nervous system being activated?

According to Maslow, needs associated with impulses for self-actualization, such as perfection, justice, and beauty, are called

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of the following would have to be satisfied BEFORE a person would show interest in satisfying love and belonging needs?

Regarding factors that influence eating, which of the following statements is FALSE?

In an early experiment by Cannon and Washburn, Washburn swallowed a balloon so that

Which type of motivation tends to be undermined by strong external rewards?

To summarize the contemporary model of emotion, which of the following theorists correctly stated that feedback from arousal and behavior adds to our emotional experiences?

According to the contemporary model of emotion, which of the following gives rise to your initial autonomic nervous system arousal and the cognitive labeling of an emotional stimulus, such as a large, snarling dog?

Describe the role of the amygdala in emotion, and explain how a person can experience two opposite emotions simultaneously.

It is common for older people to suffer from dehydration despite experiencing a lack of thirst, which means that they have

Eating a salty meal causes an extracellular thirst.

The process of initiation, directing, sustaining, and terminating the activities of an organism is called __________.

Regarding intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A person taking a "lie detector" test may be asked a question, such as "Was the gun that killed Hensley a, a) Colt, b) Smith & Wesson, c) Walther PPK, or d) Luger?" A guilty person should show more reaction on the polygraph to the correct gun, while an innocent person should the same reaction to all four responses. This type of questioning is part of the __________ test.

Which of the following is a stimulus motive?

When your body temperature is at its daily low point, you are more likely to

When the human body enters a state of disequilibrium