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| Home-life satisfaction is more strongly predictive of subjective well-being in wealthy nations than in poorer ones. This fact would be most clearly anticipated by |
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| Sheila is more fearful of loneliness than of remaining in a physically abusive relationship with her boyfriend. This best illustrates the potentially harmful impact of ________ needs. |
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| Those who consistently employ strategies to distance themselves from close personal relationships best illustrate |
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| insecure avoidant attachment |
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| Professor Sanford explains that the need for physical safety must be met before city dwellers will be motivated to form close friendships with neighbors. Professor Sanford is providing an example of |
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| The Yerkes-Dodson law refers to the tendency for optimal performance to be associated with |
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| Dr. Ligorano has devoted his professional life to researching the desires and needs that energize and direct behavior. His area of research has obviously been |
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| Lillian has the lead role in a high school play. According to the Yerkes-Dodson law she is likely to perform ________ in the play if her physiological arousal during the performance is ________. |
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| Contemporary psychologists are most likely to consider ________ to be a human instinct. |
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| Which of the following refers to a physiological state that usually triggers a state of motivational arousal? |
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| positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior. |
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| Professor Fiekema claims that people are genetically predisposed to live in groups because social attachments enhanced the survival and reproductive success of our human ancestors. The professor's suggestion best illustrates |
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| the evolutionary perspective. |
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| Lack of body fluids is to thirst as ________ is to ________. |
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| When people communicate online rather than face to face, they are often ________ focused on others' reactions and ________ inhibited in their self-disclosure. |
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| The anterior cingulate cortex shows increased activity in response to both physical pain and |
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| Jessica feels so self-important and is so self-focused that she unrealistically believes all of her teachers, classmates, and acquaintances are eager to read her hour-by-hour Facebook postings. Jessica best illustrates characteristics of |
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| The influence of personal and cultural experience on our wants and desires can most clearly be seen in the influence of ________ on motivation. |
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| The term homeostasis literally means |
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| A small number of the contributors to any field typically produce a disproportionately large share of its accomplishments despite the fact that their less productive professional colleagues are fairly comparable in raw ability. This best illustrates the importance of |
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| Internal push is to external pull as ________ is to ________. |
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| Which theory most clearly emphasizes the importance of homeostasis in motivation? |
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| In a series of experiments, participants were more likely to act in aggressive ways such as blasting people with noise following the experience of |
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| Which of the following is most clearly a form of ostracism? |
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| The passionate and persistent dedication to an ambitious long-term goal that is often demonstrated by those with high achievement motivation is most indicative of |
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| Abraham Maslow referred to the need to live up to one's fullest and unique potential as the |
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| need for self-actualization |
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| The arousal theory of motivation would be most helpful for explaining why |
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| recreational skydivers jump out of airplanes |
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| an aroused, motivated state that is often triggered by a physiological need. |
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| When we are too hot, we perspire in order to lower our body temperature and thereby |
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| The body's tendency to maintain a constant internal state is known as |
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| An instinctive behavior is one that |
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is common to an entire species
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| Those who trace the origins of social bonding to its survival value are most likely to agree that the need to belong is |
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| A desire to pursue high standards and significant accomplishments is indicative of |
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| Psychologists use the term hardiness to refer to |
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| The arousal theory of motivation would be most useful for explaining an infant's urge to |
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| A thick, juicy hamburger is to hunger as ________ is to ________. |
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| Which of the following is most clearly NOT an example of an incentive? |
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| Like evolutionary psychology, instinct theory most clearly assumed that behavior is influenced by |
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| According to Maslow, our need for ________ must be met before we are prompted to satisfy our need for ________. |
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| American and South Korean collegians indicated that the satisfaction of ________ were the top two contributors to their peak moment in the past week. |
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| self-esteem and belongingness needs |
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| Those who score high on tests of ________ offer more staged and glamorous photos of themselves on social networking sites like Facebook. |
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| Abraham Maslow suggested that self-transcendence needs motivate people to strive for |
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| Pictures of loved ones dampen feelings of physical pain by activating the |
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| It is characteristic of robins to build nests. This is an example of |
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| The level of arousal typically associated with peak performance tends to be |
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| higher on well-learned tasks |
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