AP Psychology Unit VIII Review

Unit VIII Review

Motivation, Emotion, and Stress

Multiple Choice

Cylee is thirsty and takes a drink. Her motivation to reduce the need for water is best explained by (the)

• instinct theory

• drive reduction theory

• achievement motivation

• arousal theory

• hierarchy of needs

Multiple Choice

Attempts to control social behavior by using the punishing effects of isolation is an example of

• the general adaptation syndrome

• ostracism

• the behavior feedback effect

• wanting to belong

• the tend and befriend response

Multiple Choice

Marcelo has a good job, a nice house, and plenty of food. On weekends, he skydives for fun. His weekend behavior is best explained by which of the following theories?

• Incentive

• Drive-reduction

• Instinct

• Arousal

• Two-factor

Multiple Choice

Thom has been on a diet for several months and has lost 50 pounds. What is happening to the fat cells in his body?

• the number of fat cells is increasing

• the number of fat cells is decreasing

• fat cells are storing excess glucose due to his reduced food intake

• the number of fat cells is remaining constant

• the fat cells are diving to increase the number of them for fat storage

Multiple Choice

When individuals were placed on a semi-starvation diet, researchers found that these individuals

• became obsessed with physical exercise

• were more interpersonally outgoing

• became more energetic

• were in a state of homeostasis

• lost interest in social activities

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best biological explanation for why the human body stores fat?

• fat signals affluence and social status

• fat is a fuel reserve during periods when food is scarce

• fat is a display of abundant food sources

• fat keeps the body warm in winter climates

• fat contributes to the global epidemic of diabetes

Multiple Choice

What do we call a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior?

• incentive

• stress

• emotion

• motivation

• instinct

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be most difficult to explain using Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

• a person who moves to a new city gets an apartment before beginning to make new friends

• a very hungry reality show contestant searches for food before trying to win a comp

• a professor spends time socially with her colleagues before she works on her own research

• an artist works to win a local award before spending time on his own personal projects

• an athlete follows a "no pain, no gain" motto rather than stopping for rest and nourishment

Multiple Choice

A hungry person eats in order to maintain an internal balance known as

• hierarchy of needs

• basal metabolic rate

• homeostasis

• instinct

• motivation

Multiple Choice

A person who eats excessively and never seems to feel full may have which of the following conditions?

• tumor in the hypothalamus

• too much insulin

• tumor in the hippocampus

• stomach bypass surgery

• too much of the hormone PYY

Multiple Choice

According to the Yerkes - Dodson law

• performance on an easy task is best when pressure is low

• performance is generally best when pressure is low

• performance on a difficult task is best when pressure is high

• performance is generally best when there is moderate amount of pressure

• difficult tasks get easier with time

Multiple Choice

Emotions are a mix of consciously experienced thoughts, expressive behaviors, and physiological arousal. Which theory emphasized the importance of consciously experienced thoughts?

• facial feedback theory

• James Lange theory

• arousal and performance theory

• fight or flight theory

• Schachter Singer two factor theory

Multiple Choice

Research on facial expressions and gestures has found that

• facial expressions and gestures both tend to be culture specific

• facial expressions and gestures both tend to be universally understood

• facial expressions tend to be culture specific and gestures tend to be universally understood

• facial expressions tend to be universally understood, and gestures tend to be culture specific

• facial expressions of emotion influence the gestures of a culture

Multiple Choice

The stress hormone epinephrine and norepinephrine are released from where?

• Parasympathetic nervous system

• Hippocampus

• Brain stem

• Adrenal glands

• Hypothalamus

Multiple Choice

People can most readily detect the emotion of _____ in a set of facial expressions

• sadness

• happiness

• anger

• fear

• surprise

Multiple Choice

Julia is experiencing very positive emotions. A brain scan would indicate high levels of activity in her

• right temporal lobe

• cerebellum

• left frontal lobe

• left temporal lobe

• right parietal lobe

Multiple Choice

The Ever's new neighbors make more money and drive nicer cars than the Evers. The Evers used to be content with what they had, but they are now jealous of the status of their new neighbors. The best explanation for this change is

• the feel good, do good phenomenon

• the tend and befriend response

• the tend and befriend response

• relative deprivation

• the adaptation level phenomenon

Multiple Choice

Which psychological concept would predict that smiling warmly on the outside would cause you to feel better on the inside?

• relative deprivation

• mimicry

• empathy

• facial feedback effect

• catharsis

Multiple Choice

After an alarming event, your temperature, blood pressure, and respiration are high, and you have an outpouring of hormones. Hans Selye would most likely guess that you are in which general adaptation syndrome phase?

• exhaustion

• resistance

• immobilization

• collapse

• shock