Motivation and Emotion Psychology
anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise are included under this heading
6 basic emotions
According to _______, people need to organize their perceptions, opinions, and beliefs in a harmonious maner
Balance Theory
I conducted a famous experiment known as the Bobo Doll study
Bandvre
I am limited in my ability to explain personality because i do not describe or explain inner human experience
Behaviorism
Biological needs and psychological needs give rise to
Drives
_________include good grades and good income
Extrinsic Rewards
Both heredity and psychological factors are causes of weight loss
False; causes of obesity
Body language expresses six basic emotions
False; facial expressions
Extroverts tend to look inward rather than to other people for their ideas
False; introverts
A need is a stimulus that moves a person to behave in ways designed to accomplish a specific goal
False; motive
The lateral hypothalamus is the 'stop-eating' center of the brain
False; ventromedial hypothalamus
Social-Learning theory, like behaviorism, does not pay enough attention to the role i play in determining individual differences in behavior
Genetic Variation
Abraham Maslow devised a _____________ to organize human requirements that may be lacking
Hierarchy of Needs
i am the part of the brain involved in the regulation of body temperature and various aspects of psychological motivation
Hypothalamus
I satisfy learning goals with qualities such as self-satisfaction
Intrinsic Rewards
In my 1948 novel Walden Two, I described a utopian society in which people are happy and content
Skinner
A trait is an aspect of personality
True
Emotions are states of feeling that can be positive, negative, or neural
True
Homeostasis works like a thermostat
True
Introverts and extroverts are at opposite poles
True
Self-Actualization refers to the need to become what one is capable of being
True
People who are driven to get ahead are said to have high___________
achievement motivation
I embody ideas and images of experience of all human beings
archetype
I am the theory that believes people want their thoughts and attitudes to be consistent with their actions
cognitive dissonance theory
the forces that motivate an organism to take action
drives
I am the psychological structure in the mind that represents reason and good sense
ego
positive ones make life worth living and negative ones make life difficult
emotion
a tendency to maintain a state of equilibrium in the body
homeostasis
Behavior patterns genetically transmitted from generation to generation
insincts
I am the 'start eating center' in the brain
lateral hypothalamus
part of the brain that functions as a 'start-eating' center
lateral hypothalamus
a stimulus that moves a person to behave in ways designed to accomplish a specific goal
motive
a condition in which we require something we lack
need
applies to more than six out of ten adult Americans
obese
I send my impulses outward on to other people, seeing my faults in other people
projection
in addition to heredity, i also play a role in obesity
psychological factors
I am the defense mechanism that uses self-deception to justify unacceptable behaviors or idea
rationalization
I remove anxiety-causing ideas from consciousness by pushing them into the unconscious
repression
ability to keep alive or sustain with nourishment
sustain
part of the brain that functions as a 'stop-eating' center
ventromedial hypothalamus
