Exam 43: Motivation and Emotion: Motivation in Detail

Monkeys will happily open locks that are placed in their cages.Because no reward is given for this activity,their opening of the locks provides evidence for the existence of

College students high in the need for achievement

Jack has always suffered from test anxiety.This semester he began studying for his first psychology test over a week before the scheduled test.This overpreparation will most likely cause Jack to

Which of the following suggestions would NOT be helpful to include in a behavioral diet plan?

Taste aversions develop through

Which of the following is NOT a social motive?

Although horse meat is regularly eaten in some parts of the world,the vast majority of Americans would have great difficulty eating horse meat,even if they were very hungry.This illustrates how which of the following affects hunger?

When you are well fed,your tongue's sensitivity to sweet tastes will be dulled by the fat cells releasing a substance called __________.

Twla is a young adult but has always seemed "older and more settled." Although she has always had a lot of friends,they know that she is not the type to experiment with drugs or "get drunk" and do something foolish.Twla would most likely be described as

Regarding the factors leading to success,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Frequent changes in diet and weight can

Electrically stimulating the lateral hypothalamus will cause a rat to

At the state fair,you enter a couple of different contests.The first is a blueberry pie eating contest,in which the person who eats the most pies in two minutes wins.The second is a 100-yard dash in which you must balance an egg on a spoon with one hand and in the other hand carry a tray with eight beverage glasses on it,and the person who reaches the finish line first while not spilling either the egg or the glasses wins.Given your knowledge of the Yerkes-Dodson Law,your arousal should be

According to arousal theory,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Your friend Janie keeps going on these "fad" diets and each time has gained back even more weight.You should warn her that radical diets may even raise which of the following?

The typical treatments for anorexia and bulimia include all of the following EXCEPT

Emotions,such as anxiety,anger,or sadness,often cause peole with weight problems to

Regarding sex as a biological motive,which of the following statements is FALSE?

According to the Yerkes-Dodson law,optimum performance occurs at higher levels of arousal for simple tasks and lower levels of arousal for complex tasks.

Regarding learned motives,which of the following statements is FALSE?