Quiz 5

An emotion cannot be a goal in itself.

False

Cross-cultural research reveals that people in the United States and many northern European nations tend to be collectivists.

False

Erik Erikson is credited with developing the psychosexual stages of development.

False

Jane is working overtime to exceed her sales targets so that she gets a higher income. The higher income, in this scenario, is an intrinsic reward.

False

Joshua wants to do well in academics to get his parents' approval and appreciation. This is an example of a physiological need.

False

Psychological needs are always based on states of deprivation.

False

Research suggests that brain levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine tend to be higher in introverts than in extraverts.

False

The James-Lange theory suggests that emotions cause our behavioral responses to events.

False

A(n)__________rat is characterized by excessive eating.

Hyperphagic

The__________is a pea-sized structure in the brain that is involved in many aspects of motivation, including sex, aggression, and hunger.

Hypothalamus

The__________is the final phase of the sexual response cycle.

Resolution phase

Which of the following Freudian psychic structures is present in a person at birth?

The ID

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, achievement, prestige, and status are included under esteem needs.

True

Physical needs give rise to drives like hunger and thirst.

True

A(n)__________rat is characterized by under eating.

aphagic

According to the cognitive-dissonance theory, we are generally more likely to appreciate what we must work to obtain.

True

Freud believed that children encounter conflict during each stage of psychosexual development.

True

Positive events such as learning that the person we love also loves us can raise our level of happiness at a particular moment.

True

Self-esteem is connected with patterns of acculturation among immigrants.

True

The preconscious mind contains ideas that are out of awareness but can be made conscious by focusing on them.

True

The reliability of a test refers to the stability of one's test results from one testing to another.

True

With behavior-rating scales, trained observers usually check off each occurrence of a specific behavior within a certain time frame.

True

According to Melissa Hines and her colleagues, human female embryos and fetuses who have been exposed prenatally to higher-than-typical concentrations of male sex hormones show reduced tendencies to display physically aggressive behavior.

False

Alfred Adler believed that people are motivated by the collective unconscious.

False

Stimulus motives provide an evolutionary disadvantage.

False