Unit 8: Motivation, Emotion, and Stress

sex hormones

Coronary heart disease is more likely to occur to people with

Ghrelin is a hormone that influences

social isolation puts us at a risk of

Performance increases with arousal to a certain point

lymphocytes are

the measure of how much energy we use to maintain basic bodily functions

Theory that experience of emotion is our awareness of our responses to emotion-arousing stimuli

when feeling depressed people crave foods high in

the period after an orgasm in which the body cannot achieve arousal is called

Can stress speed the transition of an HIV infection into AIDS?

The category on the maslow hierarchy of needs is

Which of the following is not an appetite hormone?

Stressors fall into all these categories except

If a man is deprived of testosterone his sex drive will

Major source of energy for the body

Which of the following is a law and not a theory?

The _____ is the region of the brain that controls hunger

Optimal arousal theory states that we

Men tend to show emotion through facial expressions more than women

When exposed to cold viruses, those w/ lower amounts of stress are __ than those w/ more stress

Expressions can magnify our emotions

Study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system

What are the four stages of the sexual response cycle?

The final (top) level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is

The theory that behaviors are genetically predisposed

Nocturnal emissions are more likely to occur when an orgasm has not occurred recently

a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior

adopted children's body weights most closely resemble that of their

A machine commonly used to detect lies

Our food tastes are influenced by evolution

Are women better than men at reading emotional cues?

the principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point

Pessimism can double the risk of heart disease and, thus, make you much more likely to die

Which subfield of psychology provides psychology’s contribution to behavioral medicine?

an unlearned, complex behavior

the tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings

The stress hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine are released from where

Our basal metabolic rate is a fixed number

significant obesity increases the chances of