Motivation and Emotion Review

Part of the brain found to be larger in heterosexual males than in females or homosexual males

Socially acceptable ways of showing emotion that  can vary from culture to culture

Hormone secreted by the pancreas to increase glucose to control levels of fats, proteins, carbs

Proposed that two things have to happen before emotion occurs: physical arousal and labeling.

Primary drives are _____.

Our tendency to quickly adapt to a new situation, until that situation becomes the norm is ___.

Which sequence of events in emotional responses is characteristic of the James-Lange theory?

Things that attract or lure people to action

The feeling that we are worse off than others, even when our lives are pretty good

According to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy, which needs must be met first?

The tendency of the body to maintain a steady state of functioning is called _____.

The Yerkes-Dodson Law says ___________.

The pursuit of an activity for external reward is called

Intrinsic motivation is defined as the pursuit of an activity _____.

Hormone secreted by the pancreas to reduce glucose to control levels of fats, proteins, & carbs

According to Abraham Maslow, developing one’s potential to its fullest extent results in _____.

What are the 3 basic needs for successful development according to self-determination theory?

In this theory, the values of a person determine his or her motivation.

An eating disorder characterized by eating binges followed by self-induced vomiting

This theory states that the experience of emotion occurs simultaneously with biological changes

______ is defined as the condition of being at least 20-30 percent over the ideal body weight.

People who are attempting to become extremely thin by refusing to eat suffer from _____.

Number of basic facial expressions of emotion found to be universal by Ekman and his colleagues

Which statement reflects the core idea of the facial feedback hypothesis?

A sensation seeker is a person who _____.