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What is Psychology?: Foundations, Applications, and Integration

Ellen Pastorino Susann Doyle-Portillo

Chapter 5

Motivation and Emotion - all with Video Answers

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03:27

Problem 1

According to William James, motives are best characterized as _____.
a. drives
b. instincts
c. desires
d. needs

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03:27

Problem 2

Which of the following is most likely to be a primary drive?
a. Feeling sleepy and wanting to go to bed
b. Longing to be loved by others
c. Wanting a good job
d. Need for achievement

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02:20

Problem 3

The Yerkes-Dodson Law predicts that most people perform best at a moderate level of arousal. Dr. Wills conducts a study to examine the relationship between arousal and performance. She has 300 participants come to her lab and perform a task while she measures both their arousal and their performance levels. Dr. Wills is conducting what type of research?
a. True experiment
b. Correlational
c. Case study
d. Naturalistic observation

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01:32

Problem 4

Which of the following is an example of a negative feedback loop?
a. Scratching a mosquito bite, making it itch more
b. Sexual arousal, leading one to desire more stimulation
c. Drinking water when you are dehydrated
d. All of the above

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02:18

Problem 5

Which of the following is an example of intrinsic motivation?
a. Working on your favorite hobby in your free time
b. Going to work to earn a paycheck
c. Wanting to look good to impress your significant other
d. Being nice to your grandmother in hopes that she will loan you some money

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02:44

Problem 6

According to Abraham Maslow, which of the following is the highest level of motivation we experience?
a. Belongingness
b. Safety needs
c. Aesthetic needs
d. Physiological needs

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02:17

Problem 7

A person with a high level of CCK in his or her bloodstream would likely ______.
a. feel intense hunger
b. have just finished a large meal
c. also have a large amount of ghrelin in his/her bloodstream
d. be on the brink of starvation

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01:09

Problem 8

If you injected a hungry rat with ghrelin, what would likely happen?
a. The rat would become even hungrier.
b. The rat would stop eating immediately.
c. The rat would stop eating only if it had already ingested sufficient food.
d. The rat would slow down its eating, but it would continue to eat.

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00:45

Problem 9

Damage to which area of the brain would most likely result in anorexic behavior in a rat?
a. The ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)
b. The lateral hypothalamus (LH)
c. The thalamus
d. The hippocampus

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00:51

Problem 10

Being obese is defined as ______.
a. being at least 20 pounds overweight
b. having a BMI of at least 30
c. being at least 100 pounds overweight
d. having a BMI of at least 50

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01:29

Problem 11

Belinda often binges by eating large quantities of food. After these binges, she feels bad about herself but does little to change her eating behavior. As a result of these binges, Belinda is overweight. Belinda most closely meets the criteria for which eating disorder?
a. Anorexia nervosa
b. Bulimia nervosa
c. Binge eating disorder
d. Obesity

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01:42

Problem 12

For men, which of the following is not correlated with having a homosexual orientation?
a. Being Native American
b. Being the youngest of four brothers
c. Being left handed
d. All of the above are correlated with homosexuality in men.

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01:19

Problem 13

When a female mammal is receptive to sexual intercourse, she is said to be in ______.
a. estrus
b. resolution
c. the refractory period
d. the plateau phase

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02:21

Problem 14

In humans, sexual desire is not influenced by which of the following chemicals?
a. Testosterone
b. Oxytocin
c. Dopamine
d. Acetylcholine

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01:20

Problem 15

Male and female sexual response cycles differ most significantly in which stage?
a. Excitement phase
b. Orgasm phase
c. Plateau phase
d. Resolution phase

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01:14

Problem 16

Sabrina is married with two kids. What do we know about Sabrina's sexual orientation?
a. She's homosexual.
b. She's bisexual.
c. She's heterosexual.
d. We cannot tell from this information.

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06:48

Problem 17

Which theory of emotion best explains why one student panics before an exam and another remains calm?
a. James-Lange theory of emotion
b. Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
c. Cognitive-mediational theory
d. Two-factor theory

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00:29

Problem 18

Which theory of emotion best explains why someone would feel more sexual attraction to his or her partner while at a concert than with the same partner in a library?
a. James-Lange theory of emotion
b. Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
c. Cognitive-mediational theory
d. Two-factor theory

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06:48

Problem 19

Which of the following theories of emotion defines emotion as a pattern of physiological response in the body?
a. James-Lange theory of emotion
b. Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
c. Cognitive-mediational theory
d. Two-factor theory

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Mira Dani
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03:55

Problem 20

Which of the following is not a basic emotion?
a. Happiness
b. Sadness
c. Guilt
d. Fear

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