| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Need for ________ refers to maintaining positive relationships with others. | affiliation achievement intimacy power |
| ________ proposed the hierarchy of needs. | Abraham Maslow William James David McClelland Albert Bandura |
| ________ is an individual’s belief in her capability to complete some task. | self-efficacy physiological needs self-esteem self-actualization |
| Carl mows the yard of his elderly neighbor each week for $20. What type of motivation is this? | extrinsic intrinsic drive biological |
| According to your reading, nearly ________ of the adult population in the United States can be classified as obese. | one third one half one fourth one fifth |
| ________ is a chemical messenger secreted by fat cells that acts as an appetite suppressant. | leptin orexin angiotensin ghrelin |
| ________ is characterized by episodes of binge eating followed by attempts to compensate for the excessive amount of food that was consumed. | bulimia nervosa Prader-Willi syndrome msevere obesity anorexia nervosa |
| In order to be classified as severely obese, an adult must have a BMI of ________. | 40 or more less than 25 25–29.9 30–39.9 |
| Animal research suggests that in male rats the ________ is critical for the ability to engage in sexual behavior, but not for the motivation to do so. | medial preoptic area of the hypothalamus nucleus accumbens amygdala hippocampus |
| During the ________ phase of the sexual response cycle, individuals experience rhythmic contractions of the pelvis that are accompanied by uterine contractions and ejaculation. | orgasm excitement plateau resolution |
| Which of the following findings was not a result of the Kinsey study? | Sexual desire and sexual ability can be separate functions. Females enjoy sex as much as males. Sexual acts between members of the same gender are fairly common. Masturbation has no adverse consequences. |
| If someone is uncomfortable identifying with the gender normally associated with their sex assigned at birth, then they could be classified as experiencing ________. | gender dysphoria homosexuality bisexuality gender expression |
| Individuals suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder have been shown to have reduced volumes of the ________. | hippocampus amygdala hypothalamus thalamus |
| According to the ________ theory of emotion, emotional experiences arise from physiological arousal. | James-Lange Cannon-Bard Schachter-Singer two-factor Darwinian |
| Which of the following is not one of the seven universal emotions described in this chapter? | melancholy contempt disgust anger |
| Which of the following theories of emotion would suggest that polygraphs should be quite accurate at differentiating one emotion from another? | Schachter-Singer two-factor theory Cannon-Bard theory James-Lange theory Darwinian theory |
Your questions are stored by us to improve Elon.io
The content of this course has been taken from the free Psychology textbook by Openstax
