Question 1

Biological drives are

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A)   learned.
B)   unlearned.
C)   produced by external incentives.
D)   exceptions to the drive-reduction principle.
E)   the same as instincts.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Monica put all her time and energy into getting into the acting club because her main goal in life "was to be a famous star!" Monica's drive to be famous was a(n)  ________ drive.

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A)   biological
B)   reflexive
C)   psychological
D)   tertiary
E)   secondaryF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Which of the following shows a focus on the lowest of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

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A)   Joan wants to live in a house with all the modern conveniences so that she may have more time to seek fulfillment from her career and family.
B)   Frank feels that he is a good salesman because he likes what he does and knows how to do it well.
C)   Barbara knows that as a teacher she is a good person because she realizes the importance of imparting knowledge to society.
D)   Mark works hard as an attorney only so that he can attract more clients, more money, and be secure in the knowledge that his family can have food, water, and shelter.
E)   Lisa constantly does things that she does not want to do just so that her peers will like her and want to spend time with her.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 4

A person who is attempting to deceive others would do well to remember that ________ is/are easier to control than are ________.

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A)   body; facial expressions
B)   facial expressions; bodily actions
C)   idiosyncratic actions; facial expressions
D)   tone of voice; facial expressions
E)   bodily actions; wordsF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

The state of tension created by biological states of interrupted balance is called a(n)

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A)   emotion.
B)   impulse.
C)   need.
D)   instinct.
E)   motive.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

________ suggests that the two hemispheres of the brain influence different types of emotion.

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A)   Lesioning
B)   Lateralization of emotion
C)   The emotion wheel
D)   Optimal arousal theory
E)   Maslow's hierarchy of needsF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

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

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A)   Plutchik
B)   Cannon-Bard
C)   James-Lange
D)   Yerkes-Dodson
E)   LazarusF) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

Name the four components of emotions.

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subjective feelings;...

Question 9

Cross-cultural studies of emotional expression show that

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A)   Israeli men are reinforced for showing intense emotion.
B)   women are more likely to commit acts of violence.
C)   women rarely show vulnerability in their emotions.
D)   neither sex is more emotionally expressive overall.
E)   Asian cultures are more emotionally expressive than Western cultures.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Explain the key idea behind the James-Lange theory of emotion.

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The theory states that the pri...

Question 11

Stanley Schachter's theory of emotion proposes that emotion results when

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A)   you cognitively label the arousal and give it emotional meaning.
B)   you simultaneously experience arousal and an emotional experience.
C)   you look back over your experiences to try and identify the arousal you just experienced.
D)   your sensory experiences fail to have any personal significance.
E)   you are unable to control any of your personal circumstances.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

According to ________, people around the world share and recognize at least seven basic emotions.

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A)   Robert Plutchik
B)   Abraham Maslow
C)   Walter Cannon
D)   Paul Ekman
E)   Hans EysenckF) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 13

A maximum level of sexual arousal is reached during the ________ phase of the human sexual response cycle.

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A)   orgasm
B)   resolution
C)   excitement
D)   plateau
E)   climaxF) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

In the time of noted psychologist William James, psychologists were inclined to explain motivated behavior by attributing it to

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A)   emotions.
B)   incentives.
C)   learned responses.
D)   instincts.
E)   impulses.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 15

Thirst, sexual desire, and hunger are examples of ________ drives.

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A)   biological
B)   reduction
C)   psychological
D)   internalized
E)   externalizedF) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 16

Which of the following factors is most likely to have an effect on predictions made by the inverted U function?

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A)   task instructions
B)   gender of person doing the task
C)   age of person doing the task
D)   difficulty of taskE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 17

What are some of the factors that are responsible for the growing degree of obesity in the U.S. population?

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Poor diets, including foods that are hig...

Question 18

Animals that lack the hormone ________ will continue to eat even when they are full of food.

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A)   leptin
B)   ghrelin
C)   insulin
D)   estrogen
E)   thyroxinF) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

One of the most remarkable findings of Goleman's marshmallow study was that

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A)   the results correlated to later SAT scores.
B)   some four-year-olds did not like marshmallows.
C)   those who delayed gratification tended to be shy later in life.
D)   better students took the marshmallow more quickly.
E)   most children waited about five minutes before eating the marshmallow.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

Murray and McClelland used the ________ to identify a number of motives that are central in people's lives.

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A)   Rorschach inkblot test
B)   PPI (Personal Priority Inventory) 
C)   MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) 
D)   TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) 
E)   Individualism-Collectivism ScaleF) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Exam 9: Emotion and Motivation

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A maximum level of sexual arousal is reached during the ________ phase of the human sexual response cycle.

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Animals that lack the hormone ________ will continue to eat even when they are full of food.

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

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A person who is attempting to deceive others would do well to remember that ________ is/are easier to control than are ________.

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Cross-cultural studies of emotional expression show that

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One of the most remarkable findings of Goleman's marshmallow study was that

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Name the four components of emotions.

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Explain the key idea behind the James-Lange theory of emotion.

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What are some of the factors that are responsible for the growing degree of obesity in the U.S. population?

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According to ________, people around the world share and recognize at least seven basic emotions.

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