Exam 8: Motivation and Emotion

If you are someone who likes to try different activities, foods, or experiences, you would probably score high on the dimension of sensation-seeking.

The James-Lange theory proposes that emotions arise from activation of the sympathetic nervous system, which causes physiological arousal, and simultaneous activation of the cortex, which results in the subjective experience of emotion.

Dr. Ashley emphasizes the importance of psychological and cognitive components in human motivation and believes that we are innately driven to strive for a positive self-concept and the realization of our personal potential. Dr. Ashley's views are most consistent with _____ theories of motivation.

The secretion of which of the following is directly correlated with amount of body fat?

According to Albert Bandura, the most effective way to strengthen your sense of self-efficacy is through:

Motivated behavior directed toward demonstrating competence and exercising control in a situation is called competence motivation.

According to Albert Bandura, acquiring a sense of self-efficacy through mastery experiences depends upon consistently experiencing easy success in mastering challenging tasks.

For a study investigating whether different combinations of brain regions are activated by different emotions, researchers used positron emission tomography (PET) to scan participants' brains while they recalled emotionally charged memories to generate feelings of sadness, happiness, anger, and fear.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding cholecystokinin (CCK)?

To measure achievement motivation, the Thematic Apperception Test involves reading stories about people in work or sports situations, and then rating the degree to which the main person in the story needed to outperform the other people in the story.

Genetic susceptibility to obesity is likely due to:

PET scans show that all emotions, whether positive or negative, produce similar patterns of brain activation.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs continues to generate hundreds of psychological studies, and that number has steadily grown year after year since the 1970s.

As you're stretched out on the couch watching a late-night rerun of your favorite TV show, commercial after commercial comes on showing mouthwatering images of burgers, tacos, pizza, ice cream, and so on. These commercials are designed to heighten your anticipation of the pleasures of eating these foods, which is termed:

Which of the following observations illustrates the concept of energy homeostasis?

Nate wonders how his friend Jim can wake up at 5:00 every morning to swim laps before school. When he asks about it, Jim replies that he simply wants to realize his highest personal potential in swimming. According to Maslow's theory of motivation, Jim is satisfying the need for self-actualization.

Much of our behavior in daily life is driven by _____ motivation, which consists of external influences on behavior.

This image depicts the interaction of some of the key hormones and neurotransmitters that regulate hunger, including where they are manufactured in the body, and whether they increase (+) or decrease (-) hunger. Which letter indicates the hormone ghrelin?

According to David Buss, the most important adaptive problem for female reproductive behavior is to have as many orgasms as possible during each sexual encounter.

Your prior learning experiences have shaped your expectations about the positive incentive value of certain foods, especially those having a sweet, salty, or fatty taste.