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Question 151

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You are about to play a game and can choose one that is either very easy, moderately difficult, or very difficult. If you are high in need achievement, you will probably choose

A) the very difficult game.
B) the very easy game.
C) not to play at all.
D) the moderately difficult game.
E) the most difficult one first, then the easiest.

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Question 152

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Over the last 40 years, one of the major trends that has been observed with regard to sexuality is that premarital sex has become more common in a number of countries. Recent data suggest that this trend may be _.

A) increasing
B) levelling off or reversing
C) only applicable in North America
D) decreasing

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Question 153

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When experts are given lie detector results from people who are known to be either innocent or guilty:

According to Hull's drive theory of motivation, various drives are produced:

Even though Gary is a very controlling person, Jackie is in love with him and says yes when he asks her to marry him. As the engagement period continues, Jackie is starting to get worried that she may not be able to stand his strong desire to control her activities. Although she really wants to marry him, the closer the wedding day gets, the more she is concerned about his control. Jackie is experiencing which motivational conflict?

A friend of yours is hoping to lose some weight and asks for some advice. Which of the following is NOT a good idea for helping to lose weight?

Research on activity anorexia has evidence for this problem in:

Some theorists suggest that these two concepts are not clearly differentiated. It might be best to consider one as a stimulus and the other as a response. These two concepts are ________.

Kinsey initially conceptualized sexual orientation as:

According to the facial feedback hypothesis, feedback signals from facial muscles might determine the nature and intensity of emotion experience, is most consistent with the ________ theory of emotion.

Zhang is about to attempt a relatively easy task and wonders if he should get "pumped" before doing it. What would be the optimal level of arousal for Zhang to succeed at this task?

Hull suggested that disruptions to an organism's internal physiological equilibrium, also known as , motivates an organism to behave in a certain way in order to reduce tension. Hull refers to this as _.

Evolutionary theorists suggest what about emotional expressions?

The fight-or-flight response in both animals and humans is produced in part by the:

According to the inverted U relationship between arousal and performance, performance will be best on a moderately difficult task if there is a moderate level of arousal. If the task is easy and not very complex, it is likely that the optimal level of arousal for this second task will be _.

It was the championship game and Ryan was a nervous wreck. This game held a lot of pressure. A college scout was in the stands as well as his entire family. If Ryan did not perform well today, not only would he be embarrassed, his entire future would be affected. In pressure situations like this in the past, Ryan had not played his best. Ryan's motivation is most likely based on his:

Modern research on the physiological mechanisms responsible for hunger have revealed that:

In your role as a psychological consultant, you are advising Canadian Customs officials on border checks. They are interested in increasing the ability of border guards to detect facial expressions of emotion. What one piece of advice might be most useful?

When discussing the origins of altruistic behaviour evident in many individuals across many circumstances, Dr. Kim asserts that even though it doesn't necessarily benefit the individual, there must have been some kind of adaptive significance produced by this kind of behaviour or it would not be present today. Based on this information, Dr. Kim would most likely identify with which of the following approaches to motivation?

Lazarus and his colleagues showed participants a film depicting an aboriginal puberty ritual where young boys had their penises cut with a jagged knife. As predicted, participants who saw a version of the film with what was called the trauma soundtrack experienced the highest levels of arousal, thus providing direct support for Lazarus's contention that _.