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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
05/06/2008

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Motivation is defined by psychologists as
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a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal
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The most basic or lowest-level need in Maslow's hierarchy of human motives includes the need for:
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Food and Drink
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[image]Ancel Keys and his colleagues observed that men on a semistarvation diet
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lost interest in sex and social activities
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Dr. Milosz electrically stimulates the lateral hypothalamus of a well-fed laboratory rat. This procedure is likely to
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cause the rat to begin eating
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Anorexia nervosa is typically characterized by
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an inappropriate fear of becoming obese
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[image]If researchers wanted to improve upon the scientific accuracy of Alfred Kinsey's research on American sexual practices, their first concern should involve
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interviewing a more representative sample of the American population
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A homosexual orientation is
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very persistent and difficult to change.
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Research on the physiological basis of hunger has indicated that
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hunger continues in humans whose cancerous stomachs have been removed
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Twenty-two-year-old Tawana is slightly overweight and loves to eat, particularly snack foods and rich desserts. Fearful of becoming overweight, she frequently takes a laxative after eating too much. Tawana most clearly suffers from
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bulimia nervosa
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Yang just spent an evening watching pornographic movies of attractive women who actually seemed to enjoy being sexually molested. This experience is most likely to lead Yang to
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be more willing to hurt women
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Performance of a task is typically ________ when arousal is ________.
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best; moderate
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In an experiment on emotional arousal, Professor Davis notes a marked increase in heart rate, blood pressure, and perspiration in one subject. The professor could reasonably infer, on the basis of these physiological responses, that the subject is experiencing
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Any of the above
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The universally understandable language of human emotion consists of:
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facial expressions
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Laboratory experiments have found that as compared with frowners, students who were induced to smile
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found cartoons more humorous
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[image]The feel-good, do-good phenomenon refers to the fact that when people feel happy they:

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are more willing to help others
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Over the last 25 years, American college freshmen have expressed a(n) ________ desire to be wealthy and a(n) ________ desire to develop a meaningful life philosophy
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increasing; decreasing
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Rannilt was euphoric after learning of her acceptance into the medical school of her choice. After a few weeks, however, she feels no emotional excitement when she thinks about her admission to medical school. This change in her feelings can best be explained in terms of the:
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adaptation-level principle
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Mary's parents bought her a used bicycle for her birthday. She was thrilled until she learned that her best friend received a brand new bicycle to celebrate Ground Hog Day. Mary's declining satisfaction illustrates
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the relative deprivation principle
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Which of the following factors has been found to be clearly related to feelings of general happiness or life satisfaction?
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having a meaningful religious faith
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The James-Lange theory of emotion states that
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to experience emotion is to be aware of one's physiological responses to an emotion-arousing event
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The idea that an emotion-arousing stimulus is simultaneously routed to the cortex (subjective awareness of emotion) and the sympathetic nervous system (body arousal)is central to the
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Cannon-Bard theory
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According to the two-factor theory, the two basic components of emotions are ________ and ________.
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cognitive labels; physical arousal
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