Deck 8: B: Motivation and Emotion

Question 1

Which two different terms best describe Schachter and Singer's theory of emotion?

A)arousal and physiology
B)behavior and genetics
C)arousal and context
D)nature and nurture

Answer 1

arousal and context

Question 2

The part of the brain that seems to influence emotion is the ________________.

A)thalamus
B)pons
C)amygdala
D)thyroid gland

Answer 2

amygdala

Question 3

According to cognitive-mediational theories,appraisal of the situation would come ____ the physical arousal and ____ the experience of emotion.

A)before;after
B)after;before
C)before;before
D)after;after

Answer 3

before;before

Question 4

Need for achievement is also referred to as ________________.

A)Ach
B)NFA
C)nAch
D)neech

Question 5

Seeing a snake,and then simultaneously running away from it and becoming frightened,is the sequence of events postulated by ______ theory.

A)Plutchik's
B)the James-Lange
C)the Cannon-Bard theory
D)Schachter and Singer's

Question 6

The pursuit of an activity for external reward is called __________________.

A)the need for affiliation
B)intrinsic motivation
C)extrinsic motivation
D)a mastery goal

Question 7

Which of the following is not an hallucinogenic drug?

A)marijuana
B)methadone
C)LSD
D)MDMA

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of Myers's suggestions for becoming happier?

A)Realize that enduring happiness does not come from success.
B)Act happy.
C)Do not sleep more than 5 hours a night.
D)Exercise.

Question 9

According to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy,which needs must be met first?

A)esteem
B)safety
C)physiological
D)belongingness and love

Question 10

Which of the following areas of heredity has been identified as having a possible contribution to the development of homosexual orientation?

A)chromosome 17
B)Yh61
C)Xq28
D)RNA transcriptase