Exam 8: Motivation and Emotion

The shortest stage of the human sexual response is:

Which of the following observations seems to undermine the basic idea of set-point theory?

In the late 1800s, the newly founded science of psychology initially embraced _____ theories to explain motivation.

People with a high level of achievement motivation:

It was _____ who wrote, "It is quite true that man lives by bread alone-where there is no bread. But what happens to man's desires when there is plenty of bread and when his belly is chronically filled? At once other (and 'higher') needs emerge and these, rather than physiological hungers, dominate the organism. And when these in turn are satisfied, again new (and still 'higher') needs emerge, and so on. That is what we mean by saying that the basic human needs are organized into a hierarchy of relative prepotency."

Male homosexuality is strongly correlated with being raised by a father who is passive or an inadequate male role model.

According to arousal theory, the higher a person's level of arousal, the higher his or her level of motivation to engage in physiologically arousing behavior.

Pick either positive or negative energy balance as a starting point, then describe the sequence of changes that occur in leptin, insulin, and neuropeptide Y to restore energy balance.

Tyler took his four-year-old daughter Samantha to the zoo. "Look, Daddy," Samantha cried. "That mama tiger is kissing her baby!" Samantha's remark is an example of:

According to the most recent estimates, only 1 percent of men report having engaged in homosexual behavior.

According to Masters and Johnson, the fourth stage of the sexual response cycle is called the resolution phase. During the resolution phase, both sexes tend to experience a warm physical glow and sense of well-being, and physical arousal returns to normal.

People with a damaged amygdala:

Theories of emotion differ in terms of which components of emotion they emphasize. Which of the following is NOT one of those components?

The hormone epinephrine, more commonly known as _____, activates the sympathetic nervous system.

Reduction of internal tension would be most closely associated with the _______ theory of motivation.

According to the research by Masters and Johnson, the correct sequence of stages in the human sexual response is (1) excitement, (2) plateau, (3) orgasm, (4) resolution.

How do genes and environmental factors interact in the development of obesity?

A common belief is that women are "naturally" more emotional than men, and both men and women tend to view women as the more emotional sex.

People are considered to be _____ if they have a body mass index between 25 and 29.9, unless the BMI is due to muscle and bone rather than fat.

Blood levels of leptin are directly proportional to the amount of a person's adipose tissue.