Ch 9 Quiz 9

Research has shown a that social isolation increases the risk of illness by the same amount as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. This finding supports the idea that the need for_________ is a fundamental adaptive motive.

Belonging

Kyoti and Niwako are discussing the places in town where they have met the best-looking men. Based on excitation transfer, which place will be at the top of the list?

Dance club

In a study, male participants are given a drug that makes them feel extremely happy. Participants in group A are told that the drug will make them happy. Participants in group B are not told about the effects of the drug. Later on, an attractive woman enters the room. According to the Schacter-singer two factor theory, group A is less likely to feel attracted to the woman because these participants

Expected positive feelings from the drug

From an evolutionary perspective, we can see that pleasure________ the likelihood of survival and reproduction because it______.

Increases, promotes adaptive behaviors

Sandra is a nutritionist who knows that long-term regulation of body fat primarily involves the hormone called

Leptin

Cyril is writing an essay on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Which of the following should he include as a critique of the theory?

Self-actualization may not be nevessary for happiness

When explaining the purpose of homeostasis, Dr Murphy would most likely suggest that it_______

Stabilizes conditions in the body

Beth's entire family has a high achievement motivation. Which of the following is Beth both likely to observe in her family members?

Unrealistically high career goals

Since anxiety can hurt test performance, Thatcher does relaxation exercises before a big exam. He is shocked when he does poorly on the exam. He would have been less surprised had he known about the relationship between physiological activation and performance, as described in

Yerkes-Dodson Law

Mabel is comparing theories of emotion. When studying the two-factor theory, she notes that people experience emotion through

physiological arousal followed by cognitive interpretation