Question 1

If you wanted to design a new drug that makes people feel full and stop eating, or at least, eat smaller meals, you might consider stimulating the release of

Accepted Answer

CCK (cholecystokinin) is a hormone that is released in the gut and signals satiety, helping to reduce food intake and promote the feeling of fullness.

Question 2

Which of the following is FALSE regarding the nature of emotion?

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Emotional display rules vary across cultures, meaning that different cultures have different norms for expressing emotions.

Question 3

As a university student, you are satisfying your needs for knowledge and understanding. Although you would like to spend all of your time studying, you find that you have to take a job in order to get enough money for food. According to Maslow, you have regressed from satisfying your cognitive needs to working at your

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According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, physiological needs such as food are the most basic and must be satisfied before higher-level needs like cognitive or self-actualization needs.

Question 4

Sexual desire in both men and women is primarily influenced by

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Androgens, such as testosterone, play a significant role in influencing sexual desire in both men and women.

Question 5

Josh noticed that people from Japan tend not to smile as much in public as people from Canada. This is most likely the effect of

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Display rules are cultural norms that dictate the appropriate expressions of emotions in different social situations. In Japan, cultural norms may discourage overt displays of emotion like smiling in public, unlike in Canada.

Question 6

Serena really wants to buy a new MacBook Air. She loves the design and the fact that Macs are easy to use. However, they are also very expensive. She does not know what to do. In terms of motivational theory, Serena is experiencing

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Serena is experiencing an approach-avoidance conflict because she is drawn to the MacBook Air due to its design and ease of use (approach), but is also deterred by its high cost (avoidance).

Question 7

You are trying to determine what emotion an individual is experiencing. The only information you have is that the person's feet are cold. If you had to take a guess, you would predict that the person was experiencing

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Cold feet can be associated with fear or anxiety, as the body may redirect blood flow away from extremities in response to a perceived threat.

Question 8

Professor M. decides to allow students to choose their own style of evaluation in her course. As a result of this, students feel an enhanced emotional bond to Professor M. and even to the university. According to self-determination theory, this is because

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According to self-determination theory, increased autonomy enhances feelings of relatedness and competence, leading to a stronger emotional bond.

Question 9

You are in a state of arousal known as the fight-or-flight response. Your heart rate has increased and more blood is being pumped to the hands and feet. According to theorists such as Ekman, the emotion you are experiencing is

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The answer of You are in a state of arousal...

Question 10

You are working on a new drug to help people gain an appetite. Which of the following peptides might you target?

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Ghrelin is known as the "hunger hormone" because it stimulates appetite, making it a suitable target for a drug aimed at increasing appetite.

Question 11

In your role as a psychological consultant, you are advising Canadian Customs officials on border checks. They are interested in increasing the ability of border guards to detect facial expressions of emotion. What one piece of advice might be most useful?

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The answer of In your role as a psychological consultant,...

Question 12

According to Schachter's two-factor theory of arousal, to maximize your date's attraction to you the best place to go on a first date would be:

Accepted Answer

Schachter's two-factor theory suggests that arousal can be misattributed to attraction. A thrilling activity like riding rollercoasters can increase physiological arousal, which may be interpreted as increased attraction.

Question 13

Juan's girlfriend is sad. So in an attempt to improve her mood, he asks her to hold a pencil between her teeth. Suddenly, she was happier. Why?

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The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that facial movements can influence emotional experiences. Holding a pencil between the teeth mimics a smile, which can trigger a happy response.

Question 14

You are working on a new drug to help people stop eating. Which of the following peptides might you target?

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The answer of You are working on a new drug...

Question 15

Yang is feeling very sad. Her best friend was in an accident and may not be able to walk again. If we examined Yang's brain, most likely, we would find increased activity in her

Accepted Answer

The right hemisphere of the brain is more involved in processing emotions and empathy, which would be activated in response to Yang's feelings of sadness and concern for her friend.

Question 16

A student believes that the most important goal in school is to avoid doing more poorly than others in the class. According to achievement goal theory, this belief reflects

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According to achievement goal theory, a performance-avoidance goal is when a student aims to avoid doing worse than others, focusing on not failing rather than achieving success.

Question 17

Mark is experiencing happiness. If we were to examine Mark's brain with an EEG trace recording, we would most likely find higher activity in

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The left hemisphere of the brain is typically associated with positive emotions and happiness, so higher activity would likely be observed there when Mark is experiencing happiness.

Question 18

Let's say that you are a heterosexual male and have just gotten off of a roller coaster ride and are, therefore, in a heightened state of arousal. An experimenter approaches you and asks you to rate the attractiveness of a number of photos of women. Your ratings are likely to be higher than another person who was approached before he got on the roller coaster. Which theory of emotion best explains this?

Accepted Answer

Schachter's two-factor theory suggests that emotion is based on physiological arousal and cognitive labeling. The heightened arousal from the roller coaster could lead to higher attractiveness ratings due to misattribution of arousal.

Question 19

You are about to play a game and can choose one that is either very easy, moderately difficult, or very difficult. If you are high in need achievement, you will probably choose

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Individuals high in need achievement tend to choose moderately difficult tasks because they provide a challenge but are still achievable, allowing them to demonstrate their competence and achieve success.

Question 20

Alicia really likes to play the piano. Her parents decided to support this activity by paying her $20 every time she went to piano practice. Lately, Alicia has found that she does not enjoy playing piano as much any more. This change in Alicia's feelings could be explained by

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The overjustification hypothesis suggests that providing external rewards for an activity that someone already finds intrinsically rewarding can reduce their intrinsic motivation to engage in that activity. In Alicia's case, being paid to practice piano may have diminished her intrinsic enjoyment of playing.

Quiz 11: Motivation and Emotion