Psychology Chapter 9 Quiz example #50382

The pursuit of an activity for an outcome that is separate from the person is called ______________.

Need for achievement is also referred to as ____________.

Which of the following is criticism of Maslow's theory?

Which of the following is the term used to describe unpredictable, large-scale events that create a great deal of stress and feelings of threat?

Problematic functioning of which the following hormones can lead to overeating?

Which is the most socially acceptable form of sexual behavior in most cultures?

Seeing a snake, and then simultaneously running away from it and becoming frightened, is the sequence of events postulated by _____ theory.

Which two different terms best describe Schachter and Singer's theory of emotion?

According to cognitive-mediational theories, appraisal of the situation would come ____ the physical arousal and ____ the experience of emotion.

Which of the following is the correct order of the stages of the GTD method discussed in your chapter?

What do we call biologically determined, innate patterns of behavior?

Some psychologists believe that an organism's behavior is motivated by the need to achieve a state of balance in which the body functions effectively—a state called _______.

In arousal theory, people are said to have a(n) _________ level of tension.

One interesting thing about incentive approaches is that incentives __________.

Which level of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy is epitomized by the U.S. Army's slogan "Be all the you can be"?

Which of the following is correct concerning the interaction of culture and food?

According to research, the majority of gay or bisexual college men report they first became aware of their sexual orientation in ________.

Which theory states that a stimulus triggers physiological changes that produce emotion?

Schachter and Singer proposed that two things have to happen before emotion occurs: _____ and _____.

The process by which the facial expressions send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed is called ____________.