Psychology CH 11 HMW

correlation between being depressed and being happy?

-0.2

The brain consumes nearly __________ of the energy we take in.

1/5

Brain areas involving desire are activated in less than

200 milliseconds.

Lists the basic emotions

Anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise

Control, agency, and fairness are all examples of

Appraisal dimensions

At the individual level, having more money makes people happier when those individuals

Are driven by money

Kim just finished a 5K run. She trained for 8 weeks before the event, and she completed the race faster than she had hoped. She feels a real sense of accomplishment in not only finishing the race but also training to prepare for it. This is an example of what type of pride?

Authentic pride

What is an emotion?

Brief, acute changes in conscious experience and physiology that occur in response to a meaningful situation in the person's environment

Once a person or a country crosses the $12,000 per person per year GNP, which of the following factors matters most for overall levels of happiness?

Close relationships

Which researcher thought that emotions served important functions and should be universal across cultures?

Darwin

David Wilson, a professor of criminology at Birmingham City University, drew comparisons between the motivations in the killing sprees of Anders Behring Breivik and

Derrick Bird, who felt people were trying to steal his taxi customers and that he was being unfairly chased for taxes.

People high in their need for achievement

Desire to achieve success

Carlotta has a high need for achievement. She is likely to

Enroll in a midlevel math course where she will be challenged but has good opportunity for success if she works hard

True or False You can never get used to eating chilies, however, and each time you eat a chili pepper it will burn your mouth, and your brain will never associate it with being a pleasurable experience

False

High levels of testosterone are linked to all of the following except

Focusing on long range consequences

Industrialized countries have higher levels of well-being than no industrialized countries, largely because individuals in industrialized nations are more likely to have

Food and shelter

Achievement needs is NOT a level in..

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

How many American children could be considered to have an addiction to video games?

More than 5 million

______ encompasses the forces that move us to behave or think the way we do, whereas ______ are responses to meaningful events in our lives—often threats or benefits to our well-being.

Motivation; emotions

fFundamentalist Islamic faith is

NOT a possible motivation for Breivik's actions

Dhiral lives in Mumbai. Mameko lives in Japan. Researchers have found that the things that anger each of these women would be different. This is because the..

Physiology of emotion is the background of which the social behavior gets demonstated

Morality is an example of which level from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

Self-actualization

One way to measure need for achievement is to

Show someone an ambiguous picture, have them write a story about it, and look for themes of achievement in the story

Need for achievement is a(n):

Stable, learned characteristic in which a person obtains satisfaction by striving for and attaining a level of excellence

Which of the following is the first level of Malow's Hieracrchy of Needs?

Survival needs

Which story reflects a high need for achievement?

Sydney works very hard to maintain her friendships. For example, she often writes letters to people she has met during her travels overseas

What percentage of American youngsters play video games?

Up to 90%

In the acronym PERMA, for what does the "A" stand?

accomplishment

The term ______ refers to a variety of emotional phenomena, including emotions, moods, and affective traits.

affect

Bill has a low need for achievement. He has decided to work a crossword puzzle printed in the local newspaper. Bill has learned that the crossword puzzle is easiest on Monday but grows progressively harder throughout the week. Bill is most likely to

attempt Monday's puzzle, because it is the easiest and he is not likely to have to struggle when completing it.

Anders Behring Breivik confessed to

bombing a government building in Oslo, Norway and a mass shooting which occurred at a youth rally

What is an example of an esteem need?

confidence

Across cultures, researchers often find similarities in the way emotion is __________.

expressed

In the 1990s, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi introduced the concept of

flow

When the brain realizes that something is missing from our diet, the want center of the brain

generates intensive cravings

If individuals are instructed to stop and take a bit of time out of each day to take stock of what they have to be thankful for, they become

happier

Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist, stated that "most people who get as far as [Anthony Weiner has] gotten are ______ people.

high-testosterone

The theory that "people or animals learn helpless behavior as a result of exposure to powerful experiences over which they have no control" is known as

learned happiness

States of cellular or bodily deficiency that compel drives are known as

needs

cholecystokinin is

not a major hormone that stimulates appetite

________________ can be a source of overall happiness and well-being for people?

satisfying sex life, healthy diet, money

Tom is an alcoholic. His psychologist says that he began drinking at age 13 because his parents spent a lot of time at work, and he started hanging out with friends who drank. He began to build an identity that was based upon his ability to party and consume excessive amounts of alcohol. In college, he found a ready-made group of friends in a fraternity who loved to down kegs full of beer. Tom's drinking gave him a community of friends who accepted him, even when he felt uncared for by his parents. Which approach best characterizes this psychologist's interpretation of Tom's addiction?

sociocultural

Sarah is addicted to online gambling. The pleasure center of her brain, which is engaged when she does win, is so powerful that, even though she rarely wins, she keeps playing in hopes of feeling that amazing high again. This is an example of a representation of..

the biological approach

The brain responds to the needs of the whole body for..

vitamins and other minerals