Question 1

Gerald is trying to watch how much he eats and avoid eating junk food.According to your text,what can he do to reduce his craving for cookies when he is craving them?

Accepted Answer

A) Try to ignore the craving 
B) Imagine visual images that have nothing to do with food. 
C) Stand on his head 
D) Stick himself in the arm with a pin 
A) Try to ignore the craving 
B) Imagine visual images that have nothing to do with food. 
C) Stand on his head 
D) Stick himself in the arm with a pin

Question 2

Physical arousal has to be interpreted cognitively before it is experienced as a specific emotion,according to the

Accepted Answer

A) facial feedback hypothesis 
B) James-Lange theory 
C) Cannon-Bard theory 
D) two-factor theory 
A) facial feedback hypothesis 
B) James-Lange theory 
C) Cannon-Bard theory 
D) two-factor theory

Question 3

Which of the following is a weakness of the James-Lange theory of emotion?

Accepted Answer

A) Cognitive appraisal is not a component. 
B) The theory does not address the subjective feeling of emotion. 
C) The theory ignores the role of physiological reactions. 
D) Awareness always precedes physiological reactions during emotions. 
A) Cognitive appraisal is not a component. 
B) The theory does not address the subjective feeling of emotion. 
C) The theory ignores the role of physiological reactions. 
D) Awareness always precedes physiological reactions during emotions.

Question 4

Children are most likely to succeed on a test when they have mastery motivation and an approach goal for studying.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

If a student is a pre-med major because he is curious about how the body works and how it recovers from disease,psychologists would say that he has _____ motives.If the student is studying pre-med only because he thinks this major will impress people,then psychologists would say that he has _____ motives.

Accepted Answer

A) mastery; performance 
B) performance; mastery 
C) performance; avoidance 
D) avoidance; mastery 
A) mastery; performance 
B) performance; mastery 
C) performance; avoidance 
D) avoidance; mastery

Question 6

When specialized cells detect __________ levels of ____________,they trigger an increase in hunger.

Accepted Answer

A) high; insulin 
B) high; glucose 
C) low; insulin 
D) low; glucose 
A) high; insulin 
B) high; glucose 
C) low; insulin 
D) low; glucose

Question 7

In experiments where bowls of soup were secretly filled through a tube so that the soup never ran out,which of the following happened?

Accepted Answer

A) Participants felt full at the same time as control participants,but continued to eat anyway. 
B) Participants ate significantly more than control participants,but did not feel more satiated. 
C) Participants felt full at the same time as control participants and stopped eating. 
D) Participants ate significantly less than control participants,but felt equally satiated. 
A) Participants felt full at the same time as control participants,but continued to eat anyway. 
B) Participants ate significantly more than control participants,but did not feel more satiated. 
C) Participants felt full at the same time as control participants and stopped eating. 
D) Participants ate significantly less than control participants,but felt equally satiated.

Question 8

Display rules involve

Accepted Answer

A) displaying an emotion that is not actually felt,often because of a role requirement. 
B) social/cultural guidelines that regulate when,how,and where a person may express emotion. 
C) emotions that are displayed,as a rule,only by certain cultures. 
D) universal,biologically-based emotional displays evoked by particular emotional situations. 
A) displaying an emotion that is not actually felt,often because of a role requirement. 
B) social/cultural guidelines that regulate when,how,and where a person may express emotion. 
C) emotions that are displayed,as a rule,only by certain cultures. 
D) universal,biologically-based emotional displays evoked by particular emotional situations.

Question 9

Samantha jumps with fear as she feels a hand on her shoulder while walking on a deserted path across campus.What brain structure played a key role in Samantha's swift reaction?

Accepted Answer

A) basal ganglia 
B) hippocampus 
C) cerebral cortex 
D) amygdala 
A) basal ganglia 
B) hippocampus 
C) cerebral cortex 
D) amygdala

Question 10

Schachter proposed that two things have to happen before emotion occurs: _____ and _____.

Accepted Answer

A) physical arousal; fight or flight. 
B) cognition; behavior 
C) physical arousal; labeling 
D) behavior; physical arousal 
A) physical arousal; fight or flight. 
B) cognition; behavior 
C) physical arousal; labeling 
D) behavior; physical arousal

Question 11

If a researcher wanted to study how brain activity changes during sexual activity,which of the following methods would be most suitable?

Accepted Answer

A) behavioral observation 
B) functional MRI scan 
C) survey or questionnaire 
D) interview 
A) behavioral observation 
B) functional MRI scan 
C) survey or questionnaire 
D) interview

Question 12

_____ suggests that individuals are motivated to belong to families,religious groups,and nationalities as a means to control their death-related anxiety.

Accepted Answer

A) Mortality salience 
B) Terror management theory 
C) Affiliation motivation 
D) External motivation 
A) Mortality salience 
B) Terror management theory 
C) Affiliation motivation 
D) External motivation

Question 13

Which of the following is the best definition of sexual orientation?

Accepted Answer

A) a person's sex as determined by his or her genes 
B) a categorization based on the gender of a person's sexual partners 
C) a consistent preference for sexual relations with members of the same sex,opposite sex,or both 
D) a categorization based on whether a person's behavior matches their biological sex or not 
A) a person's sex as determined by his or her genes 
B) a categorization based on the gender of a person's sexual partners 
C) a consistent preference for sexual relations with members of the same sex,opposite sex,or both 
D) a categorization based on whether a person's behavior matches their biological sex or not

Question 14

Which of the following is true regarding lie detectors?

Accepted Answer

A) Lie detectors are accepted as valid evidence in most U.S.courts,but not in other countries. 
B) Research suggests that traditional polygraphs are about 78% accurate as lie detectors. 
C) Polygraphs are able to detect arousal,but are not valid indicators of lying. 
D) Researchers have been unable to identify any potential lie detector replacements for the polygraph. 
A) Lie detectors are accepted as valid evidence in most U.S.courts,but not in other countries. 
B) Research suggests that traditional polygraphs are about 78% accurate as lie detectors. 
C) Polygraphs are able to detect arousal,but are not valid indicators of lying. 
D) Researchers have been unable to identify any potential lie detector replacements for the polygraph.

Question 15

When volunteers were given all of the nutrients their bodies needed through tube feeding,researchers found that they still ate as much real food as control subjects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What is the correct sequence of events in emotional response according to the Cannon-Bard theory?

Accepted Answer

A) stimulus --> emotion --> physiological changes 
B) stimulus --> physiological changes --> emotion 
C) physiological changes --> stimulus --> emotion 
D) stimulus --> emotion AND physiological changes (simultaneous) 
A) stimulus --> emotion --> physiological changes 
B) stimulus --> physiological changes --> emotion 
C) physiological changes --> stimulus --> emotion 
D) stimulus --> emotion AND physiological changes (simultaneous)

Question 17

Zulma is currently in therapy for treatment of an eating disorder.Every day she eats a box of donuts and an entire bag of chips and then makes herself vomit.Zulma most likely has which of the following disorders?

Accepted Answer

A) binge-eating disorder 
B) Adonis complex 
C) bulimia nervosa 
D) anorexia nervosa 
A) binge-eating disorder 
B) Adonis complex 
C) bulimia nervosa 
D) anorexia nervosa

Question 18

Maslow is associated with which of the following notions?

Accepted Answer

A) that when the body temperature falls,we are motivated to eat 
B) that the motive to explore and manipulate is important for individual survival 
C) that our motives are organized into a hierarchy 
D) that some people are driven by the achievement motive 
A) that when the body temperature falls,we are motivated to eat 
B) that the motive to explore and manipulate is important for individual survival 
C) that our motives are organized into a hierarchy 
D) that some people are driven by the achievement motive

Question 19

Wanda goes to the cafeteria with her coworkers.She is not hungry,but eats because everyone else in the group is.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) social facilitation. 
B) the minimal eating norm. 
C) impression management. 
D) the unit bias. 
A) social facilitation. 
B) the minimal eating norm. 
C) impression management. 
D) the unit bias.

Question 20

Why do psychologists believe the lateral hypothalamus generates hunger signals that contribute to people's motivation to eat?

Accepted Answer

A) This brain structure responds to glucose levels. 
B) When the lateral hypothalamus is stimulated,laboratory animals eat more. 
C) Skinny people have smaller nuclei in this are A 
D) The lateral hypothalamus releases CCK which reduces hunger. 
A) This brain structure responds to glucose levels. 
B) When the lateral hypothalamus is stimulated,laboratory animals eat more. 
C) Skinny people have smaller nuclei in this are A 
D) The lateral hypothalamus releases CCK which reduces hunger.

Gerald is trying to watch how much he eats and avoid eating junk food.According to your text,what can he do to reduce his craving for cookies when he is craving them?

Physical arousal has to be interpreted cognitively before it is experienced as a specific emotion,according to the

Which of the following is a weakness of the James-Lange theory of emotion?

Children are most likely to succeed on a test when they have mastery motivation and an approach goal for studying.

If a student is a pre-med major because he is curious about how the body works and how it recovers from disease,psychologists would say that he has _ motives.If the student is studying pre-med only because he thinks this major will impress people,then psychologists would say that he has _ motives.

When specialized cells detect levels of __,they trigger an increase in hunger.

In experiments where bowls of soup were secretly filled through a tube so that the soup never ran out,which of the following happened?

Display rules involve

Samantha jumps with fear as she feels a hand on her shoulder while walking on a deserted path across campus.What brain structure played a key role in Samantha's swift reaction?

Schachter proposed that two things have to happen before emotion occurs: _ and _.

If a researcher wanted to study how brain activity changes during sexual activity,which of the following methods would be most suitable?

_____ suggests that individuals are motivated to belong to families,religious groups,and nationalities as a means to control their death-related anxiety.

Which of the following is the best definition of sexual orientation?

Which of the following is true regarding lie detectors?

When volunteers were given all of the nutrients their bodies needed through tube feeding,researchers found that they still ate as much real food as control subjects.

What is the correct sequence of events in emotional response according to the Cannon-Bard theory?

Zulma is currently in therapy for treatment of an eating disorder.Every day she eats a box of donuts and an entire bag of chips and then makes herself vomit.Zulma most likely has which of the following disorders?

Maslow is associated with which of the following notions?

Wanda goes to the cafeteria with her coworkers.She is not hungry,but eats because everyone else in the group is.This is an example of

Why do psychologists believe the lateral hypothalamus generates hunger signals that contribute to people's motivation to eat?

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Exam 11: Motivation and Emotion

Gerald is trying to watch how much he eats and avoid eating junk food.According to your text,what can he do to reduce his craving for cookies when he is craving them?

Physical arousal has to be interpreted cognitively before it is experienced as a specific emotion,according to the

Which of the following is a weakness of the James-Lange theory of emotion?

Children are most likely to succeed on a test when they have mastery motivation and an approach goal for studying.

When specialized cells detect __________ levels of ____________,they trigger an increase in hunger.

In experiments where bowls of soup were secretly filled through a tube so that the soup never ran out,which of the following happened?

Display rules involve

Samantha jumps with fear as she feels a hand on her shoulder while walking on a deserted path across campus.What brain structure played a key role in Samantha's swift reaction?

Schachter proposed that two things have to happen before emotion occurs: _____ and _____.

If a researcher wanted to study how brain activity changes during sexual activity,which of the following methods would be most suitable?

_____ suggests that individuals are motivated to belong to families,religious groups,and nationalities as a means to control their death-related anxiety.

Which of the following is the best definition of sexual orientation?

Which of the following is true regarding lie detectors?

When volunteers were given all of the nutrients their bodies needed through tube feeding,researchers found that they still ate as much real food as control subjects.

What is the correct sequence of events in emotional response according to the Cannon-Bard theory?

Zulma is currently in therapy for treatment of an eating disorder.Every day she eats a box of donuts and an entire bag of chips and then makes herself vomit.Zulma most likely has which of the following disorders?

Maslow is associated with which of the following notions?

Wanda goes to the cafeteria with her coworkers.She is not hungry,but eats because everyone else in the group is.This is an example of

Why do psychologists believe the lateral hypothalamus generates hunger signals that contribute to people's motivation to eat?

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When specialized cells detect levels of __,they trigger an increase in hunger.

Schachter proposed that two things have to happen before emotion occurs: _ and _.