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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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| [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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| 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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| 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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| The universally understandable language of human emotion consists of: |
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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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| 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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| 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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