Variety AP Questions

Deciding between chocolate cookies, icecream, brownies, or frozen yogart is an example of:

Feelings or ideas that cause us to act toward a goal is:

We perform difficult tasks best with a ____________ level of arousal.

A difference between humanistic & psychodynamic approaches is that humanstic psycho. believe in

What happens when the lateral hypothalamus is destroyed?

We perform easy tasks with ___________ level of arousal.

Which of the following parts of the brain is most active in decision making?

This theory decidse what impulse to send to the brain to maintain a certain body weight.

Theory that our behavior is motivated by biological needs.

Managers believe that employees will work only if rewarded with benefits or punished.

Which of the following is a primary need:

According to Maslow-what need needs to be satisified before you move on to safety?

_____________ exists when one event or goals has both attractive and unattractive features.

What part of the brain tells us we are full?

In psychology, Gestalt principles are used to explain

____ motivation examines our desires to master complex tasks & knowledge to reach goals.

A hostile person with a type A personality is most at risk for developing?

_________ starve themselves to below 85% of their normal body weight.

Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome is an attempt to explain

One of the consistent research findings in the area of facial expressions and emotions is the

A balanced internal state is:

Punishment is most effective in eliminating undesired behavior when the

Wolf jumps out at red riding hood, her heart races causing her to feel fear.

Is sexual motivation just biological?

In the James-Lange theory of emotion, which of the following immediately precedes an emotion?

A brain tumor that results in obesity would most likely be located in the

Both our physical response and mental interpretations combine to cause an emotion.

In an experiment, which variable refers to the outcome that is measured by the experimenter?

Seyle's general adaptation syndrome describes

______________: to fulfill your unique potential is (in Maslow's hierarchy of needs)

According to the information processing view of memory, the first stage in memory processing is

The need to be accetped falls in the _____________ in the hierarchy of needs.

Managers believe that employees are internally motivated to do good work.

The coiled tube in the inner ear that contains auditory receptors is called the

_________ theory, which states that we seek an optimum level of excitement.

A high score on the soical readjustment rating scale correlates with

The rules of gammar are rules of

People diagnosed with __________ are severly overweight often by 100lbs.

This theory states that the biological change & cognition (emotion) happen at the same time.

Which research methods is being used if the same subjects are tested at 2,4,&6 years of age?