Motivation and Emotion

the most universally understood way of expressing emotions is through

which division of the NS arouses the body and mobilizes its energy in stressful situations

In respose to stress adrenal glands release

the body's tendency to maintain a constant internal state

Hypertension rates are highest in European countries where people report the lowest

The high road for emotional responses extends through the thalamus to the

Sue loves roller-coasters, the higher, scarier the better. Which theory explains this best?

Which theory states that emotion results from cognitive labeling of physiological arousal

with the removal of ovaries, a woman's natural ____level drops

a physiological state that usually triggers a state of motivational arousal

a complex, unlearned, fixed pattern of behavior common to all members of a species

The characteristic that most clearly contributes to disease vulnerability of type A is their

a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal

The process by which we perceive and respond to environmental threats and challenges is defined

the three successive phases of the general adaptation syndrome are

John was frequently ignored on the school bus and no one would sit by him. He is experiencing

Expressive behaviors, physiological arousal, and conscious experience are

The lowest level need in Maslow's hierarchy of human motives includes the need for

As people experience positive emotions, an increase in brain activity is seen in the

which theory of emotion suggests that we experience the physiological response and then emotion

Our most rapid and automatic emotional response routes sensory input through the thalamus to

for a hungry person, eating food serves to reduce

At which stage of the GAS are organisms best able to physically cope with stress?

The autonomic nervous system regulates the -----that accompanies different emotions

A psychophysiological illness is

getting violently ill after eating a particular food usually influences our taste preferences

the body's resting rate of energy expenditure

the macrophage and lymphocytes are major agents in the

specific body weight maintained by most adults over a long period of time

a hormone that increases heart rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar in times of emergency is

You should be alert, but not overly aroused to perform best on a test is explained by

the polygraph measures the changes in ----that accompany emotion

The risk of death from cardiovascular disease is substantially increased among those with

the most significant category of life-event stressors involve

the closing of vessels that nourish the heart muscle is known as

women are more likely than men to respond to stress with

a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior

At which stage of GAS are you most likely to become ill?

Hunger controls are located in the brain's

which personality characteristic is associated with increased risk of heart disease

time span after an orgasm when a male cannot be aroused to another orgasm

patients report feeling less depressed after a BOTOX injection in their frown muscles showing

despite arguments over the role of cognition in emotion, both Zajonc and Lazarus agree that