Deck 11: A: Motivated Behaviorsmotivated Behaviors

Question 1

​Just estimating your probability of doing something makes you more likely to do it.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Just putting a larger portion of food on the plate influences people to eat more.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Resisting one temptation helps you resist a different temptation.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

People usually eat more when alone than when they eat with a group of friends.

Question 5

A goal to "do your best" is highly effective in motivating increased efforts.

Question 6

Even during infancy,being overweight correlates with being less active.

Question 7

According to drive-reduction theories,people are motivated to satisfy all their needs and then become inactive.

Question 8

Anorexia nervosa is equally common in males and females.

Question 9

​The most effective goals are highly specific and challenging.

Question 10

If you have a choice of when to set deadline for a series of tasks,you should set all the deadlines as late as possible.

Question 11

Overweight people are more than twice as likely as other people to be seriously depressed.

Question 12

Goals become more effective if you talk about them publicly.

Question 13

Insulin increases the flow of glucose and several other nutrients into body cells.c.

Question 14

Fat cells in your body release the hormone leptin,which signals your brain that you should stop eating.

Question 15

On average,young people are more satisfied with their jobs than older people.​

Question 16

Maslow's hierarchy of needs applies to all cultures equally well.

Question 17

In most cases,people with anorexia nervosa showed signs of anxiety or depression before becoming anorexic.

Question 18

Most people underestimate how long they will need to complete a major task.

Question 19

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,certain motivations take priority over others.

Question 20

Proteins are the main source of fuel for the brain.

Question 21

Alfred Kinsey obtained a representative sample of the population for his survey on sexual behavior.

Question 22

A homosexual orientation is slightly more common among men who have an older brother.

Question 23

Freud was correct to distinguish between vaginal and clitoral orgasms.

Question 24

A male fetus exposed to extra estradiol during prenatal life develops genital appearance intermediate between the usual male and female patterns.​

Question 25

Motivation based on the pleasure of the act itself,rather than the reward it might bring,is ____________________.

Question 26

A female fetus exposed to extra testosterone during prenatal life develops genital appearance intermediate between the usual male and female patterns.

Question 27

Bulimia nervosa occurs only in cultures that have a strong Western influence.

Question 28

Many people remain sexually active after age 70.

Question 29

​Maintaining stability of temperature,body weight,body water,and other biological conditions is known as ____________________.

Question 30

Many women have multiple consecutive orgasms.

Question 31

Bisexuality is more common in women than in men.

Question 32

After orgasm,men have a refractory period before they can become sexually aroused again.

Question 33

Later surveys confirmed the Kinsey study's statistics on prevalence of various sexual activities and orientations.

Question 34

​According to recent surveys,about 10 percent of all people have a homosexual orientation.

Question 35

Estimating your probability of doing something increases your probability of actually doing it.This observation is known as the ______ _________ effect.

Question 36

The highest point on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is the need for _______ _________

Question 37

Measurements of vaginal secretions indicate a woman's level of sexual arousal and interest.

Question 38

It is dangerous to touch someone who has AIDS.

Question 39

The anatomy of part of the brain differs on average between homosexual and heterosexual men.

Question 40

On average,adult homosexual males have significantly less testosterone than adult heterosexual males.

Question 41

​A condition in which people intensely fear weight gain and therefore refuse to eat is known as _________ ____________.

Question 42

Whether the external genitals develop looking male or female depends on one hormone,which is _____________.

Question 43

Someone who articulates a vision for the future and inspires workers to advance the organization is known as a ______________ leader.

Question 44

The hormone that increases the flow of glucose and other nutrients into body cells is _______.

Question 45

Someone with external genitals that look intermediate between male and female is known as a(n)_________________.

Question 46

Someone who regards himself as a man and who prefers male sexual partners has a ____________________ gender identity.​

Question 47

​Fat cells release the hormone _____________,which decreases hunger.

Question 48

A condition in which people alternate between eating huge amounts and eating almost nothing is known as __________ ___________.

Question 49

What are some influences that decrease someone's probability of yielding to temptations?

Question 50

The most abundant sugar in the blood,and the main source of fuel for the brain,is _________

Question 51

Long-term regulation of food intake depends partly on the hormone leptin,which is released by ____________ cells.

Question 52

The first person to conduct an extensive or influential survey of human sexual behavior was Alfred ___________.

Question 53

According to Masters and Johnson,the four stages of sexual arousal are excitement,plateau,orgasm,and __________.

Question 54

According to Masters and Johnson,the four stages of sexual arousal are excitement,______,orgasm,and resolution.

Question 55

​According to Theory X,an employer should discover the best way to do a job,and then train workers to do the job that way.Theory X is also known as the __________ __________ approach.

Question 56

A professor set specific deadlines for three papers in one class,evenly spaced,and let the members of a second class set their own deadlines.What were the results?

Question 57

​Hunger is increased by the hormone ghrelin,which is released by the ___________.

Question 58

According to Theory Y,employees like to have a feeling of accomplishment and a sense of responsibility.Theory Y is also known as the ______ ________ approach.

Question 59

On average,homosexual men and heterosexual men differ anatomically with regard to the size of one brain structure that is part of the ______________.

Question 60

A man who has a homosexual orientation is most likely to have a brother who is also homosexual if that brother is a(n)___________ twin.

Question 61

How does the scientific-management approach (Theory X)differ from the human-relations approach (Theory Y)?

Question 62

What factors influence whether someone develops a heterosexual or homosexual orientation?​

Question 63

​What did Masters and Johnson discover that contradicted what previous authorities had said about female sexuality?

Question 64

Why is it doubtful that anorexia nervosa is a result of depression or anxiety? What treatment approach is possible based on a different assumption?

Question 65

What causes some children to be born with an intersex anatomy?

Question 66

In addition to physiological mechanisms of hunger,many social and cultural influences modify how much we eat.Describe several examples.