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Emotion and Motivation

1. In most people, the __________ is specialized for withdrawal or escape.

Somatic nervous system

Right prefrontal cortex

Left prefrontal cortex

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Right prefrontal cortex

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2. Jude is a man who is emotionally and sexually attracted to both men and women. jude is ________.

Emotion

Bisexual

Obese

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Bisexual

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3. Facial feedback is defined as ________.

The process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the emotion being expressed

A state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes, brain activation, cognitive appraisals, subjective feelings, and tendencies toward action, all of which are shaped by cultural rules

Muscles send messages to the brain about the emotion being expressed.

An irrational aspect of our mammalian heritage that no longer has an adaptive function in human behavior

A set of social and cultural rules that regulates when, how, and where a person may express (or must suppress) emotions

Answer

Correct Answer: The process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the emotion being expressed

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4. A thick, juicy hamburger is to hunger as is to .

Need; drive

Incentive; drive

Homeostasis; thirst

Incentive; instinct

Answer

Correct Answer: Incentive; drive

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5. If you suggest that smiling can make someone feel happier, then you believe the ________.

Bulimia

Homeostasis

Emotion

Facial feedback hypothesis

Answer

Correct Answer: Facial feedback hypothesis

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6. An instinct is a tendency that is ________.

Learned

Conditioned

Biologically innate

Easily controlled

Answer

Correct Answer: Biologically innate

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7. _____ is a digestive tract hormone that sends "i'm not hungry" signals to the brain.

Bite on a popsicle stick

PYY (appetite hormone)

Basal metabolic

Emotion

Answer

Correct Answer: PYY (appetite hormone)

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8. Sex appeals typically function as ____________ cues to persuasion.

Central

Sympathetic

Peripheral

Extrinsic

Answer

Correct Answer: Peripheral

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9. Emotional intelligence can give you the ability to __________.

Remain hopeful during challenging times

Read others' emotions

Avoid life disappointments

Rid yourself of anxiety for good

Answer

Correct Answer: Remain hopeful during challenging times

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10. According to maslow, the need to _ must be met before _.

Food; need for love

Love; need for food

Both a and b

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Food; need for love

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11. Maslow's view of motivation is best described as a ____.

Perfection

Pyramid of needs

Arousal and efficiency

Answer

Correct Answer: Pyramid of needs

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12. Light that is mixed is referred to as a(n) _____.

Electromagnetic color mixture

Additive color mixture

Subtractive color mixture

Answer

Correct Answer: Additive color mixture

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13. The lateral hypothalamus (lh) may be involved in ________.

Stoppage of eating

The onset of eating

Processing low fats

Food allergies

Answer

Correct Answer: The onset of eating

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14. Anorexia nervosa is among the _____ most frequent causes of disability in young women.

Three

Five

Ten

Two

Answer

Correct Answer: Ten

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15. Psychologists generally agree that _____ true instincts motivate human behavior.

Only

Fewc

Some

Answer

Correct Answer: No

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16. According to abraham maslow, developing one's potential to its fullest extent results in ________.

Safety.

Self-esteem.

Belongingness.

Self-actualization.

Answer

Correct Answer: Self-actualization.

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17. ______ is the set of psychological processes that arouse and direct goal-directed behavior.

Stimulus.

Productivity.

Enticement.

Motivation

Answer

Correct Answer: Motivation

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18. According to herzberg, favorable hygiene factors can cause an employee to feel ________.

Satisfied

Not dissatisfied

Dissatisfied

Indifferent

Answer

Correct Answer: Not dissatisfied

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19. Emotional communication is the central concept of __________.

Social intelligence

Emotional appreciation

Haptics

Nonverbal messages

Answer

Correct Answer: Social intelligence

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20. The somatosensory system comprises _____.

The cutaneous sensory system only

Cutaneous sensations and proprioception only

Cutaneous sensations and kinesthesis only

Cutaneous sensations, proprioception, and kinesthesis

Answer

Correct Answer: Cutaneous sensations, proprioception, and kinesthesis

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21. _____ is the activation of neurons in the cortex by visual stimuli of specific shapes or patterns.

Blob detection

Interest point detection

Corner detection

Feature detection

Answer

Correct Answer: Feature detection

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22. The _____ is the structure that contains the receptors for olfaction.

Olfactory bulb

Olfactory mucosa

Chorda tympani

Substantia gelatinosa

Answer

Correct Answer: Olfactory mucosa

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23. Most of the signals travel from the retina to the _____ via the optic nerve.

Lateral geniculate nucleus

Olfactory bulb

Olfactory mucosa

Chorda tympani

Answer

Correct Answer: Lateral geniculate nucleus

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24. In the auditory system, _____ is the perceptual interpretation of the frequency of a sound.

Loudness

Bandwidth

Pitch

Amplitude

Answer

Correct Answer: Pitch

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25. The process of learning through the observation and imitation of others is called ________.

Modeling

Reflexive

Acquired

Tertiary

Answer

Correct Answer: Modeling

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26. Drives that are learned through experience are called ________ drives.

Primary

Reflexive

Acquired

Tertiary

Answer

Correct Answer: Acquired

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27. Early theories on hunger suggested __________.

Hunger and eating are influenced by only biology

Stomach contractions caused hunger

A damaged hypothalamus caused hunger

Parts of the brain controlled hunger

Answer

Correct Answer: Stomach contractions caused hunger

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28. A fifth basic taste discovered many years after the other four is _____.

Referred to as salty-sweet

described as "bittersweet"

described as "putrid"

Referred to as umami

Answer

Correct Answer: Referred to as umami

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29. J.j. gross organizes affect into three categories including: ___, _, & ____.

Mood,stress,emotion

Power,money,health

Stress,money,health

Money,Emotion,Power

Answer

Correct Answer: Mood,stress,emotion

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30. James-lange is to schachter-singer as _ is to _.

Emotion regulation;autonomic reactivity

Autonomic reactivity; labeling of emotional states

Labeling of emotional states;emotion regulation

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Autonomic reactivity; labeling of emotional states

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31. A(n) _______ is a visual image seen after the stimulus has been removed.

Afterimage

Protanope

Tritanope

Color contrast

Answer

Correct Answer: Afterimage

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32. A stimulus motive is ________.

Unlearned

Learned

Acquired

Based on behavior

Answer

Correct Answer: Unlearned

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33. Environmental ____ is affected by environmental complexity, change, and resources.

Uncertainty

Differentiation

Difficulty

Entrepreneurship

Answer

Correct Answer: Uncertainty

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34. If an object is rotating clockwise, this corresponds to a _____ angular velocity.

Negative

Positive

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Negative

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35. Individuals with pure autonomic failure ____.

Do not experience emotions

Are paralyzed

Are always fearful

Do not experience much intensity of emotion

Answer

Correct Answer: Do not experience much intensity of emotion

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36. Findings from people with pure autonomic failure suggest that ____.

Autonomic output is important for experiencing emotion

The James-Lange theory is incorrect

Feelings are the same thing as emotions

Lack of physiological feedback makes us happy

Answer

Correct Answer: Autonomic output is important for experiencing emotion

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37. An experimental drug, ro15-4513, has been shown to block the behavioral effects of ____.

Tricyclics

Amphetamines

Alcohol

Endozepines

Answer

Correct Answer: Alcohol

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38. According to the discrete emotions theory, emotions __________.

Humans experience only a small number of distinct emotions that combine in complex ways

Biological roots, serves one or more distinctive evolutionary functions that are the same in all of us, emotional relations come before thoughts about them

We use our

Strategy of anticipating failure then compensating for this expectation by mentally over-preparing for negative outcomes

Answer

Correct Answer: Biological roots, serves one or more distinctive evolutionary functions that are the same in all of us, emotional relations come before thoughts about them

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39. The density of the _____ on the fingertips than on the palms.

Merkel receptors is higher

Krausse end bulbs is higher

Merkel receptors is lower

Pacinian corpuscles is lower

Answer

Correct Answer: Merkel receptors is higher

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40. Rod is to cone as _ is to _.

Bright light; dim light

Fovea; outside the fovea

Color; black-and-white

More numerous; less numerous

Answer

Correct Answer: Bright light; dim light

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41. Need is to _ as drive is to _.

Food deprivation; hunger

Bullying; universal

Texting; incentives

Decrease; hunger

Answer

Correct Answer: Food deprivation; hunger

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42. In the case of a negative afterimage, a yellow stimulus would produce a _______ afterimage.

Red

Green

Blue

Yellow

Answer

Correct Answer: Blue

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43. In psychoanalysis, _____ is the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material.

Family therapy

Interpretation

Transference

Active listening

Resistance

Answer

Correct Answer: Resistance

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44. Holway and boring found that size constancy _____.

Size constancy does not occur under binocular viewing conditions.

The law of visual angle does not work in humans

Size constancy holds under all viewing conditions

Size constancy is more likely to occur if you have more depth cues

Answer

Correct Answer: Size constancy is more likely to occur if you have more depth cues

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45. Coincidence detectors _____.

The head position and the pinnae

Auditory scene analysis

Fire when the ITD equals 0

Broadly tuned ITD neurons

Contributes to the quality of the sound

Answer

Correct Answer: Fire when the ITD equals 0

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46. Beck's cognitive therapy is particularly effective in the treatment of ______.

Somatoform disorders

Anxiety disorders

Depression

Schizophrenia

Answer

Correct Answer: Depression

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47. An infant sucking is a good example of a(n) ________.

Emotion

Habit

Instinct

Mood

Answer

Correct Answer: Instinct

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48. A stimulus motives ________.

Are set in motion by internal stimuli

Deal with information about the environment in general

Function to assure the bare survival of the organism

Depend less on external stimuli than primary drives do

Answer

Correct Answer: Are set in motion by internal stimuli

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Emotion and Motivation MCQ

1. In most people, the __________ is specialized for withdrawal or escape.

2. Jude is a man who is emotionally and sexually attracted to both men and women. jude is ________.

3. Facial feedback is defined as ________.

4. A thick, juicy hamburger is to hunger as ________ is to ________.

5. If you suggest that smiling can make someone feel happier, then you believe the ________.

6. An instinct is a tendency that is ________.

7. _____ is a digestive tract hormone that sends "i'm not hungry" signals to the brain.

8. Sex appeals typically function as ____________ cues to persuasion.

9. Emotional intelligence can give you the ability to __________.

10. According to maslow, the need to _____ must be met before _____.

11. Maslow's view of motivation is best described as a ____.

12. Light that is mixed is referred to as a(n) _____.

13. The lateral hypothalamus (lh) may be involved in ________.

14. Anorexia nervosa is among the _____ most frequent causes of disability in young women.

15. Psychologists generally agree that _____ true instincts motivate human behavior.

16. According to abraham maslow, developing one's potential to its fullest extent results in ________.

17. ______ is the set of psychological processes that arouse and direct goal-directed behavior.

18. According to herzberg, favorable hygiene factors can cause an employee to feel ________.

19. Emotional communication is the central concept of __________.

20. The somatosensory system comprises _____.

21. _____ is the activation of neurons in the cortex by visual stimuli of specific shapes or patterns.

22. The _____ is the structure that contains the receptors for olfaction.

23. Most of the signals travel from the retina to the _____ via the optic nerve.

24. In the auditory system, _____ is the perceptual interpretation of the frequency of a sound.

25. The process of learning through the observation and imitation of others is called ________.

26. Drives that are learned through experience are called ________ drives.

27. Early theories on hunger suggested __________.

28. A fifth basic taste discovered many years after the other four is _____.

29. J.j. gross organizes affect into three categories including: _______, _______, & ______.

30. James-lange is to schachter-singer as _____ is to _____.

31. A(n) _______ is a visual image seen after the stimulus has been removed.

32. A stimulus motive is ________.

33. Environmental ____ is affected by environmental complexity, change, and resources.

34. If an object is rotating clockwise, this corresponds to a _____ angular velocity.

35. Individuals with pure autonomic failure ____.

36. Findings from people with pure autonomic failure suggest that ____.

37. An experimental drug, ro15-4513, has been shown to block the behavioral effects of ____.

38. According to the discrete emotions theory, emotions __________.

39. The density of the _____ on the fingertips than on the palms.

40. Rod is to cone as _____ is to _____.

41. Need is to _____ as drive is to _____.

42. In the case of a negative afterimage, a yellow stimulus would produce a _______ afterimage.

43. In psychoanalysis, _____ is the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material.

44. Holway and boring found that size constancy _____.

45. Coincidence detectors _____.

46. Beck's cognitive therapy is particularly effective in the treatment of ______.

47. An infant sucking is a good example of a(n) ________.

48. A stimulus motives ________.

4. A thick, juicy hamburger is to hunger as is to .

10. According to maslow, the need to _ must be met before _.

29. J.j. gross organizes affect into three categories including: ___, _, & ____.

30. James-lange is to schachter-singer as _ is to _.

40. Rod is to cone as _ is to _.

41. Need is to _ as drive is to _.