Question 1

The fat cells release a hormone that in effect tells the brain how much fat the body has, thereby decreasing appetite. That hormone is

Accepted Answer

A)  vasopressin. 
B)  oxytocin. 
C)  leptin. 
D)  aldosterone. 
A)  vasopressin. 
B)  oxytocin. 
C)  leptin. 
D)  aldosterone.

Question 2

Which of the following is the clearest example of a homeostatic motivation?

Accepted Answer

A)  self-actualization 
B)  fear of failure 
C)  temperature regulation 
D)  desire to succeed 
A)  self-actualization 
B)  fear of failure 
C)  temperature regulation 
D)  desire to succeed

Question 3

Suppose you have a choice between setting firm (no-exceptions) deadlines to finish part of your work each month, or a deadline to finish all of it at the end of the semester. What are the probable consequences of either choice?

Accepted Answer

A)  On the average, you will do equally well with either choice. 
B)  You will probably do better work if you set the monthly deadlines. 
C)  You will probably do better work if your work is due only at the end of the semester. 
D)  Men would tend to do better with monthly deadlines, and women would tend to do better with the end-of-the-semester deadline. 
A)  On the average, you will do equally well with either choice. 
B)  You will probably do better work if you set the monthly deadlines. 
C)  You will probably do better work if your work is due only at the end of the semester. 
D)  Men would tend to do better with monthly deadlines, and women would tend to do better with the end-of-the-semester deadline.

Question 4

The definition of motivation emphasizes the close relationship between motivation and:

Accepted Answer

A)  intelligence. 
B)  conscious awareness. 
C)  the unconscious. 
D)  learning. 
A)  intelligence. 
B)  conscious awareness. 
C)  the unconscious. 
D)  learning.

Question 5

Most Pima Indians today are seriously overweight because of two factors

Accepted Answer

A)  a high stress environment and lack of vitamins. 
B)  genetics and a change in the food their culture eats. 
C)  genetics and a high stress environment. 
D)  prenatal environment and sleeplessness. 
A)  a high stress environment and lack of vitamins. 
B)  genetics and a change in the food their culture eats. 
C)  genetics and a high stress environment. 
D)  prenatal environment and sleeplessness.

Question 6

A person or animal would be most likely to be overweight under which of the following conditions?

Accepted Answer

A)  consistently low insulin levels 
B)  damage to the area in and around the lateral hypothalamus 
C)  diabetes 
D)  damage to the area in and around the ventromedial hypothalamus 
A)  consistently low insulin levels 
B)  damage to the area in and around the lateral hypothalamus 
C)  diabetes 
D)  damage to the area in and around the ventromedial hypothalamus

Question 7

Which of the following is true of many overweight people?

Accepted Answer

A)  They perform much lower than average in school. 
B)  They expend less energy than most other people do. 
C)  They became overweight as a reaction to anxiety or depression. 
D)  They have a smaller-than-average stomach. 
A)  They perform much lower than average in school. 
B)  They expend less energy than most other people do. 
C)  They became overweight as a reaction to anxiety or depression. 
D)  They have a smaller-than-average stomach.

Question 8

Which of the following is probably an example of the overjustification effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  Professional tennis players do not like to play tennis in their spare time. 
B)  Workers who are promised a bonus for increasing their productivity work harder than do workers who are not offered a bonus. 
C)  Children who are punished for touching the stove are more likely to quit touching it if the parents explain why they punished the children. 
D)  People who are trying to lose weight but who have just violated their diet are likely to overeat during the later meals of the day as well. 
A)  Professional tennis players do not like to play tennis in their spare time. 
B)  Workers who are promised a bonus for increasing their productivity work harder than do workers who are not offered a bonus. 
C)  Children who are punished for touching the stove are more likely to quit touching it if the parents explain why they punished the children. 
D)  People who are trying to lose weight but who have just violated their diet are likely to overeat during the later meals of the day as well.

Question 9

What are people with anorexia nervosa most afraid of?

Accepted Answer

A)  becoming fat 
B)  contact with other people 
C)  an orex 
D)  meaninglessness 
A)  becoming fat 
B)  contact with other people 
C)  an orex 
D)  meaninglessness

Question 10

According to the drive theory of motivation, what does a motivation do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It energizes unconscious processes that pull us closer to our goal. 
B)  It changes a person's preferences among possible outcomes. 
C)  It stimulates the particular muscles that are necessary to carry out a particular behavior. 
D)  It makes behavior more vigorous until it satisfies some need. 
A)  It energizes unconscious processes that pull us closer to our goal. 
B)  It changes a person's preferences among possible outcomes. 
C)  It stimulates the particular muscles that are necessary to carry out a particular behavior. 
D)  It makes behavior more vigorous until it satisfies some need.

Question 11

What happens to the sexual development of a genetically female fetus that is exposed to more than the normal amount of testosterone during early development (more than normal for a female, though less than normal for a male)?

Accepted Answer

A)  It develops a more or less normal male appearance. 
B)  It develops a more or less normal female appearance. 
C)  It develops an appearance intermediate between the normal male and female patterns. 
D)  It develops an immature pattern that resembles neither male nor the female. 
A)  It develops a more or less normal male appearance. 
B)  It develops a more or less normal female appearance. 
C)  It develops an appearance intermediate between the normal male and female patterns. 
D)  It develops an immature pattern that resembles neither male nor the female.

Question 12

When asked about the body shape that the opposite sex finds most attractive, women __________ and men __________ the weight that the opposite sex actually prefers.

Accepted Answer

A)  underestimate...overestimate 
B)  overestimate...underestimate 
C)  underestimate...correctly estimate 
D)  correctly estimate...underestimate 
A)  underestimate...overestimate 
B)  overestimate...underestimate 
C)  underestimate...correctly estimate 
D)  correctly estimate...underestimate

Question 13

A genetic female who is exposed to elevated testosterone levels during early development will develop in what way?

Accepted Answer

A)  looking like a normal female 
B)  looking somewhat masculinized, perhaps intermediate between male and female 
C)  looking like a female on one side of the body and a male on the other 
D)  sexually immature with neither male or female aspects 
A)  looking like a normal female 
B)  looking somewhat masculinized, perhaps intermediate between male and female 
C)  looking like a female on one side of the body and a male on the other 
D)  sexually immature with neither male or female aspects

Question 14

How does a high level of blood insulin lead to an increase in appetite?

Accepted Answer

A)  It causes glucose to be stored as fat instead of remaining available for use as energy. 
B)  It prevents glucose from entering the cells and thereby causes it to be excreted. 
C)  It directly alters the taste buds to increase their response to sweet tastes. 
D)  It increases the rate at which the body burns energy supplies and therefore increases the nutritional needs. 
A)  It causes glucose to be stored as fat instead of remaining available for use as energy. 
B)  It prevents glucose from entering the cells and thereby causes it to be excreted. 
C)  It directly alters the taste buds to increase their response to sweet tastes. 
D)  It increases the rate at which the body burns energy supplies and therefore increases the nutritional needs.

Question 15

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, you satisfy your lower needs

Accepted Answer

A)  while satisfying your higher needs. 
B)  before moving on to your higher needs. 
C)  after moving on to your higher needs. 
D)  before moving on to your middle needs. 
A)  while satisfying your higher needs. 
B)  before moving on to your higher needs. 
C)  after moving on to your higher needs. 
D)  before moving on to your middle needs.

Question 16

What effect, if any, do stimulant drugs exert on sexual arousal?

Accepted Answer

A)  They interfere with the excitement stage. 
B)  They increase the pleasure associated with the excitement stage. 
C)  They increase the sex drive even in the absence of a sexual partner or a sexual stimulus. 
D)  They have no effect. 
A)  They interfere with the excitement stage. 
B)  They increase the pleasure associated with the excitement stage. 
C)  They increase the sex drive even in the absence of a sexual partner or a sexual stimulus. 
D)  They have no effect.

Question 17

Low energy expenditure is a

Accepted Answer

A)  poor predictor of weight gain. 
B)  good predictor of weight gain in infants, but not in adults. 
C)  good predictor of weight gain in adults, but not in infants. 
D)  good predictor of weight gain, regardless of age. 
A)  poor predictor of weight gain. 
B)  good predictor of weight gain in infants, but not in adults. 
C)  good predictor of weight gain in adults, but not in infants. 
D)  good predictor of weight gain, regardless of age.

Question 18

One way of stating the overjustification effect is that

Accepted Answer

A)  an event that leads indirectly to the satisfaction of biological needs can eventually become a motivator. 
B)  when the normal way of expressing a motivation is blocked, the energy associated with it will spill over into other activities. 
C)  people who have done something because of extrinsic motivations no longer do them because of intrinsic motivations. 
D)  people can engage in a particular activity, such as eating, because of incentives, even if they have no drive at the moment. 
A)  an event that leads indirectly to the satisfaction of biological needs can eventually become a motivator. 
B)  when the normal way of expressing a motivation is blocked, the energy associated with it will spill over into other activities. 
C)  people who have done something because of extrinsic motivations no longer do them because of intrinsic motivations. 
D)  people can engage in a particular activity, such as eating, because of incentives, even if they have no drive at the moment.

Question 19

What did Simon LeVay find when he examined the area of the hypothalamus called INAH3?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is larger in women than in men. 
B)  It is larger in heterosexual men than in homosexual men. 
C)  There is no difference in size between homosexual men and heterosexual men. 
D)  It is larger in homosexual men than in either heterosexual men or heterosexual women. 
A)  It is larger in women than in men. 
B)  It is larger in heterosexual men than in homosexual men. 
C)  There is no difference in size between homosexual men and heterosexual men. 
D)  It is larger in homosexual men than in either heterosexual men or heterosexual women.

Question 20

Murphy has recently been hired as an executive at ACME Inc. Murphy articulates a vision to his employees for what ACME can become, if only they can use their imagination and intellect to raise ACME to a new level. Murphy could be described as which type of leader?

Accepted Answer

A)  transactional 
B)  transformational 
C)  inspirational 
D)  entrepreneurial 
A)  transactional 
B)  transformational 
C)  inspirational 
D)  entrepreneurial

Exam 11: Motivated Behaviors

The fat cells release a hormone that in effect tells the brain how much fat the body has, thereby decreasing appetite. That hormone is

Which of the following is the clearest example of a homeostatic motivation?

Suppose you have a choice between setting firm (no-exceptions) deadlines to finish part of your work each month, or a deadline to finish all of it at the end of the semester. What are the probable consequences of either choice?

The definition of motivation emphasizes the close relationship between motivation and:

Most Pima Indians today are seriously overweight because of two factors

A person or animal would be most likely to be overweight under which of the following conditions?

Which of the following is true of many overweight people?

Which of the following is probably an example of the overjustification effect?

What are people with anorexia nervosa most afraid of?

According to the drive theory of motivation, what does a motivation do?

What happens to the sexual development of a genetically female fetus that is exposed to more than the normal amount of testosterone during early development (more than normal for a female, though less than normal for a male)?

When asked about the body shape that the opposite sex finds most attractive, women __________ and men __________ the weight that the opposite sex actually prefers.

A genetic female who is exposed to elevated testosterone levels during early development will develop in what way?

How does a high level of blood insulin lead to an increase in appetite?

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, you satisfy your lower needs

What effect, if any, do stimulant drugs exert on sexual arousal?

Low energy expenditure is a

One way of stating the overjustification effect is that

What did Simon LeVay find when he examined the area of the hypothalamus called INAH3?

Murphy has recently been hired as an executive at ACME Inc. Murphy articulates a vision to his employees for what ACME can become, if only they can use their imagination and intellect to raise ACME to a new level. Murphy could be described as which type of leader?

What Is Psychology

A --What Is Psychology

Scientific Methods in Psychology

A--Scientific Methods in Psychology

Biological Psychology

A--Biological Psychology

Sensation and Perception

A--Sensation and Perception

Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

A--Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

Learning

A--Learning

Memory

A--Memory

Cognition and Language

A--Cognition and Language

Intelligence

A--Intelligence

Consciousness

A--Consciousness

A--Motivated Behaviors

Emotional Behaviors, Stress, and Health

A--Emotional Behaviors, Stress, and Health

Social Psychology

A--Social Psychology

Personality

A--Personality

Abnormality, Therapy, and Social Issues

A--Abnormality, Therapy, and Social Issues

Specific Disorders and Treatments

A--Specific Disorders and Treatments

Exam Extenssion: S 1-16--Final Examination

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When asked about the body shape that the opposite sex finds most attractive, women and men the weight that the opposite sex actually prefers.