Exam 8: Emotion and Motivation-Part E

Emotions can be distinguished based on their _____,which is how positive or negative the experience is,and their _____,which is how active or passive the experience is.

Which statement about polygraph tests is FALSE?

When presented with a stimulus,the brain processes the information in two pathways: the "fast pathway" goes from the thalamus to the _____,while the "slow pathway" goes from the thalamus to the _____.

Schachter-Singer's two-factor theory suggests that emotions are the result of:

Professor Aguillera is enraged that a student is texting on his cell phone in class.He really wants to scream at the student.But keeping his upcoming teaching evaluations in mind,Professor Aguillera casually looks at the student and tells him to put the phone away.Which display rule for emotional expression does this example illustrate?

One reason why the Cannon-Bard theory was proposed as an alternative to the James-Lange theory was that there:

A group of researchers discovered a tribe of people in a South American jungle.The tribe had never been exposed to the outside world before.The researchers initially greeted the tribe with a smile.They believe that emotional expressions have the same meaning for everyone.In this case,to which belief do these researchers subscribe?

The _____ receives the signal for hunger.

As a task becomes more difficult,the motivation for engaging in the task becomes more:

Remis was upset about the bad grade he got in his first psychology exam.Because he had another test to take that day and did not want his unhappiness to affect that test,Remis thought about all the good grades he had received before in order to make himself feel positive.This example illustrates:

After a night out with your friends,you come home to find an intruder in your apartment.According to the James-Lange theory of emotion,what is most likely to be your FIRST response?

During the stages of sex,the physiological responses experienced by women:

Which structure(s)in the brain has been associated with eliciting a response of fear in humans?

Studying hard for an exam to get good grades and a scholarship is an example of:

Stacy gets stressed easily.When she does get stressed,she eats an entire carton of ice cream,gobbles up a bag of potato chips,and drinks a 2-liter bottle of soda.She then forces herself to vomit so that she does not absorb all those calories.Stacy is MOST likely suffering from: