Question 1

You are feeling a great deal of fear, the brain site most likely involved is the

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A)  midbrain.
B)  left hemisphere.
C)  right hemisphere.
D)  amygdala.

Question 2

Regarding the meta-needs, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

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A)  When meta-needs are unfulfilled, people fall into despair, apathy, and alienation.
B)  College students who are primarily concerned with money, personal appearance, and social recognition score lower than average in vitality, self-actualization, and general well-being.
C)  Maslow estimated that few people are primarily motivated by needs for self-actualization.
D)  All of these statements are true.

Question 3

The position that there is an ideal level of arousal for various activities and that individuals attempt to keep arousal near this ideal level is called the

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A)  arousal theory.
B)  activation hypothesis.
C)  equilibration hypothesis.
D)  biorhythm theory.

Question 4

The components of emotion are

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A)  emotional expressions, physiological changes, and emotional relief.
B)  emotional relief, physiological changes, and emotional changes.
C)  emotional changes, physiological changes, and emotional feelings.
D)  emotional feelings, physiological changes, and emotional expressions.

Question 5

People whose main goal in life is to make lots of money tend to

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A)  have a high need for achievement.
B)  be intrinsically-motivated.
C)  be poorly adjusted and unhappy.
D)  be characterized by all of these.

Question 6

The _____ describes the ordering of needs, based on their presumed strength or potency.

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A)  Yerkes-Dodson law
B)  need-response cycle
C)  Cannon-Bard theory
D)  hierarchy of human needs

Question 7

_____ are the component of emotions that serve to tell others what emotions we are experiencing.

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A)  Emotional feelings
B)  Emotional behavioral symptoms
C)  Physiological changes
D)  Emotional expressions

Question 8

According to _____ theory, if a stimulus causes a strong emotion, such as fear or pleasure, the opposite emotion tends to occur when the stimulus ends.

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A)  Solomon's opponent-process
B)  the drive reduction
C)  the Yerkes-Dodson
D)  the Cannon-Bard

Question 9

People who are intrinsically motivated tend to

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A)  be the most creative when working under time pressure.
B)  get personally involved in tasks.
C)  be solely motivated by money and power.
D)  work primarily to get a good evaluation.

Question 10

The employees at a factory were excellent workers until a week before Christmas when a rumor spread that economic conditions would force the plant to close in four days.The quality and quantity of work took a downturn as the workers spent time discussing among themselves the plausibility of the rumor and what they would do if it were true.Maslow would say that these workers were motivated by

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A)  meta-needs.
B)  intrinsic motivation.
C)  esteem and self-esteem.
D)  safety and security.

Question 11

The three components of emotions are emotional expressions, emotional feelings, and

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A)  stimulus conditions.
B)  subjective perception.
C)  physiological changes.
D)  emotional behaviors.

Question 12

When you are running on the track team in the "20-Yard Dash," your arousal level should be _____, while "sinking a put" on the golf team requires your arousal to be _____.

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A)  low; high
B)  high; low
C)  minimum; high
D)  high; high

Question 13

Creative activities can be stimulated by _____ motivation.

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A)  global
B)  primary
C)  extrinsic
D)  intrinsic

Question 14

According to the Yerkes-Dodson law, optimum performance occurs at _____ levels of arousal for simple tasks and _____ levels of arousal for complex tasks.

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A)  higher; lower
B)  lower; higher
C)  minimum; high
D)  average; high

Question 15

You are about to make a speech.Your hands tremble, your posture tenses, and your voice has a slight quiver as you begin.These outward signs represent which component of emotion?

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A)  emotional feelings
B)  emotional expressions
C)  physiological changes
D)  emotional behavioral symptoms

Question 16

Regarding the human sex drive, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)  The human sex drive refers to the strength of one's motivation to engage in sexual behavior.
B)  The human sex drive is necessary for individual survival.
C)  The human sex drive is non-homeostatic.
D)  The human sex drive is affected by hormones, but not as directly as in lower animals.

Question 17

The _____ theory explains how skydiving, rock climbing, ski jumping, and other hazardous pursuits become reinforcing.

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A)  drive reduction
B)  Yerkes-Dodson
C)  opponent-process
D)  Cannon-Bard

Question 18

At the very top of the hierarchy of needs pyramid is

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A)  love and belonging.
B)  esteem and self-esteem.
C)  self-actualization.
D)  safety and security.

Question 19

You are feeling happy and sad at the same time.Research into brain activity would indicate that processing is primarily occurring in the

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A)  midbrain.
B)  left hemisphere for the positive emotion and the right hemisphere for the negative emotion.
C)  right hemisphere for the positive emotion and the left hemisphere for the negative emotion.
D)  corpus callosum that connects the two hemispheres.

Question 20

The actions of the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system

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A)  increases digestion.
B)  improve one's chances of surviving an emergency.
C)  constricts the pupils of the eyes.
D)  calm the body after a person has experienced intense arousal.

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People whose main goal in life is to make lots of money tend to

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_____ are the component of emotions that serve to tell others what emotions we are experiencing.

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