Exam 8: Emotion and Motivation-Part C

The hormonal basis for sexual motivation is similar for females of most mammalian species,including humans.

Most people have a strong bias toward believing that others are sincere.

Leptin deficiency is associated with anorexia nervosa.

The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion suggests that physiological responses are a reaction to emotions.

The need for achievement is considered to be an unconscious motivation.

People who cannot experience emotion due to brain damage are more likely to make reckless bets.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is shaped like a ladder.

Leptin is secreted by fat cells and functions as an anorexigenic signal.

Research has demonstrated that all emotional experiences are the result of different interpretations of the same physiological state.

Adults with cortical damage have trouble experiencing emotion.

Congenitally blind people,because they have never seen a human face before,have trouble making the six universal facial expressions.

Humans attempt to regulate their emotions by using both behavioral and cognitive strategies.

Sincere facial expressions are longer lasting than are insincere expressions.

Behaviorists embraced explanations of behavior based on instincts because these explanations did not contain a cognitive element.

People work harder when they are extrinsically motivated.

Evidence suggests that the facial expressions of at least six emotions are universal.

America's most pervasive eating-related problem is obesity.

Homeostasis refers to the tendency to seek pleasure and avoid pain.

Ghrelin is produced in the hypothalamus.

The most deferrable need,according to Maslow,is the need for self-actualization.