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The ________ is a measure of how much energy we use to maintain basic body functions when our body is at rest.

A) body mass index
B) set point
C) basal metabolic rate
D) settling point

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Question 82

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College men given injections of epinephrine felt happiest if they were told the injection would produce ________ and if they were in the company of a person who was acting ________.

A) arousal;joyful
B) arousal;irritated
C) no effects;joyful
D) no effects;irritated

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Question 83

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Which of the following suggestions would be the WORST advice for a dieter?

Which of the following refers to a physiological state that usually triggers a state of motivational arousal?

To avoid placing individual refugee families in communities where they are likely to feel socially isolated,U.S.policies today encourage

Walking home from work late one night,Jaydra suddenly hears footsteps behind her.Her heart pounds,her muscles tense,and her mouth goes dry.These bodily responses are activated by her ________ nervous system.

Most humans are genetically predisposed to

Home-life satisfaction is more strongly predictive of feelings of well-being in wealthy nations than in poor ones.This fact would be most clearly anticipated by

When an organism's weight rises above its set point,the organism is likely to experience a(n)

Emma worked for five straight hours on her psychology paper and did not stop to eat.After finishing her paper she felt extremely hungry.One reason for her hunger is that her

Mora had surgery in which half her stomach was removed.Afterward,Mora lost several pounds because the remaining stomach produced much less

Whether we feel angry or depressed in response to a low exam grade depends on whether we attribute the poor grade to an unfair test or to our own low intelligence.This best illustrates that emotions are influenced by

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

Studies of our ability to perceive and communicate emotions indicate that

Some emotions,especially complex feelings such as hatred and love,travel (by way of the thalamus) to the brain's cortex.There,they are analyzed and labeled before the response command is sent out,via the amygdala.This pathway is referred to as the

Without any conscious effort,your ________ prepares you to fight or flee from dangerous situations.

In a series of studies,research participants were informed that personality test results indicated they were the type likely to end up alone later in life.As a result,they became ________ likely to underperform on aptitude tests and ________ likely to become aggressive toward those who had excluded them.

Feelings of hunger are ________ by high levels of PYY and ________ by high levels of leptin.

Feelings of hunger are decreased by the hormone

The idea that an emotion-arousing stimulus is simultaneously routed to the cortex and to the sympathetic nervous system is central to