Deck 8: Section 6: Emotion and Motivation

Question 1

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

A)was a need to account for bodily activity.
B)was no need to account for bodily activity.
C)were not enough unique patterns of bodily activity to account for all emotions.
D)were not enough emotions to account for all the unique patterns of bodily activity.

Answer 1

were not enough unique patterns of bodily activity to account for all emotions.

Question 2

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

A)extrinsic.
B)intrinsic.
C)general.
D)specific.

Answer 2

specific.

Question 3

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

A)are greater than those of men.
B)are similar to those of men.
C)occur in a different sequence than those of men.
D)are weaker than those of men.

Answer 3

are similar to those of men.

Question 4

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.

A)valence; arousal
B)arousal; activity
C)motivation; drive
D)arousal; valence

Question 5

Hunger is to _____ as fear is to _____.

A)emotion; motivation
B)the hippocampus; the cortex
C)the hypothalamus; the amygdala
D)intrinsic motivation; extrinsic motivation

Question 6

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 _____.

A)amygdala; cortex and then the amygdala
B)cortex; amygdala directly
C)amygdala; retina and then the frontal lobe
D)cortex; retina

Question 7

Professor Aguillera is absolutely enraged that a student is texting on his cell phone in class. He really wants to scream at the student. But thinking about his upcoming teaching evaluations, Professor Aguillera merely looks seriously at the student and tells him to put the phone away. This illustrates which display rule for emotional expression?

A)intensification
B)deintensification
C)masking
D)neutralizing

Question 8

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

A)an extrinsic motivation.
B)an intrinsic motivation.
C)homeostasis.
D)emotion regulation.

Question 9

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

A)a physiological arousal without interpretation by the brain.
B)brain activity without physiological arousal.
C)your brain trying to make sense of your body's physiological response to a situation.
D)your body's physiological response to signals of emotion sent from your brain.

Question 10

Scientists have just discovered a tribe of people in a South American jungle that have never been exposed to the outside world or people aside from those in their village. The first researchers greet them with a smile. Which emotion would the tribe member most likely attribute to the expression of a smile?

A)happiness
B)surprise
C)anger
D)There is no way to tell because emotional expressions are all culturally specific.

Question 11

During surgery, Heinrich Klüver and Paul Bucy accidentally damaged the amygdala of a monkey named Aurora, inadvertently causing the monkey to:

A)become sexually unreceptive.
B)stop eating.
C)not exhibit fear.
D)exhibit heightened anxiety.

Question 12

Remis was feeling depressed about the bad grade he got on his first psychology exam. Because he had another test to take that day and did not want his unhappiness to affect his later test, Remis started thinking about all the good grades he had received this semester to brighten his mood. This illustrates:

A)terror management theory.
B)the approach-avoidance conflict.
C)emotion appraisal.
D)emotion regulation.

Question 13

Which statement about polygraph tests is FALSE?

A)It is possible for trained persons to beat these tests.
B)They are better than humans at detecting whether or not someone is lying.
C)Increasing the sensitivity of the test increases the likelihood that it will incorrectly report that someone is lying.
D)They typically show extremely high accuracy.

Question 14

You come home to find an intruder in your apartment. According to the James-Lange theory of emotion, which response comes first?

A)You experience fear.
B)You cognitively compare your visual perception with existing schemas until you identify that the person you see is a threat.
C)Your body reacts (increased heart rate, muscles contract, etc.).
D)You experience amnesia.

Question 15

Stacy gets stressed easily, and when she does, she eats an entire carton of ice cream, a bag of potato chips, and drinks a two-liter bottle of soda. She then forces herself to vomit so that she doesn't absorb all of those calories. Stacy is most likely suffering from:

A)bulimia nervosa.
B)anorexia nervosa.
C)obesity.
D)ghrelin deficiency syndrome.