Psychology - Chapter 8: Check Your Mastery

The small intestine is lined with cells that:

detect the presence of nutrients.

Temporary experiences with positive, negative, or mixed qualities are known as _____.

emotions

In the context of achievement motivation, people with low achievement motivation most likely:

experience avoidance and anxiety when asked to meet standards of excellence.

In the context of concepts and theories of motivation, the instinct doctrine states that:

modal action patterns vary among individuals and can be modified by experience.

The hormone leptin is primarily involved in:

regulating body fat.

Why is it difficult to obtain an accurate mix of heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual and other orientations in a population?

Because gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals are often victims of hate crimes and many of them are reluctant to reveal their sexual orientation

In the context of hunger and eating, obesity:

can be caused by prenatal exposure to certain stress-related hormones.

Which one of the following most likely decreases physiological arousal?

Using relaxation techniques

In the context of conflicting motives and stress, an avoidance-avoidance conflict arises when:

a person must select one of two undesirable alternatives.

In the context of human sexual behavior, sex hormones:

activate increased sexual desire during puberty.

People suffering from anorexia nervosa:

are sometimes obsessed with food and its preparation.

The process of explaining the cause of some event is known as _____.

attribution

Increased physiological arousal tends to occur in response to _____.

hunger

According to the drive reduction theory of motivation, drives push people to:

satisfy needs.

Reaching one's full potential is known as _____.

self-actualization

The nature of a person's enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to others is known as _____.

sexual orientation

The process of letting another person's emotional state guide our own behavior is called _____.

social referencing

Compared with those in highly structured jobs, workers tend to be happier, more satisfied, and more productive if they are:

taught more than one skill.

According to Maslow's hierarchy of motives, the safety motive includes:

the need to have a secure income.

A combination of a cognitive judgment of satisfaction with life, the frequent experiencing of positive moods and emotions, and the relatively infrequent experiencing of unpleasant moods and emotions is known as _____.

well-being