Deck 8: C: Motivation and Emotion

Question 1

Which of the following is not a stimulant?

A)alcohol
B)nicotine
C)cocaine
D)caffeine

Answer 1

alcohol

Question 2

What do we call biologically determined,innate patterns of behavior?

A)drives
B)instincts
C)releasing behaviors
D)universal behaviors

Answer 2

universal behaviors

Question 3

The process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed is called ____________.

A)primary emotional processing
B)internal emotion work
C)facial feedback
D)body language

Answer 3

facial feedback

Question 4

Which theory states that a stimulus triggers physiological changes that produce emotion?

A)Cannon-Bard theory
B)James-Lange theory
C)Schachter-Singer theory
D)commonsense view of emotions

Question 5

Some psychologists believe that an organism's behavior is motivated by the need to achieve a state of balance in which the body functions effectively-a state called ______.

A)unbalance
B)acquiescence
C)propinquity
D)homeostasis

Question 6

Which of the following is at the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

A)Physiological needs
B)Cognitive needs
C)Self-actualization needs
D)Transcendence needs

Question 7

One interesting thing about incentive approaches is that incentives __________.

A)are inherited
B)exist inside a narrow collection of internal stimuli
C)exist independently of any need or level of arousal
D)only work for adults

Question 8

The pursuit of an activity for its own sake is propelled by ________________.

A)the need for affiliation
B)intrinsic motivation
C)biological drives
D)performance goals

Question 9

In arousal theory,people are said to have a (an)_________ level of tension.

A)ultimate
B)lower
C)optimal
D)high

Question 10

Schachter and Singer proposed that two things have to happen before emotion occurs: _____ and _____.

A)physical arousal;fight or flight
B)cognition;behavior
C)physical arousal;labeling
D)behavior;physical arousal