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Instincts,
Drives, etc.
Let’s Eat
Hard
Hormones
Sexytime
Emotion
Theories
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What are the characteristics of
an instinct?
Answer
Unlearned
Complex
Same for all members of
species (rigidly patterned)
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Describe the steps
in Drive-Reduction
Theory for Eating…
Answer
Need (food)Drive (hunger)
Behavior (eating)
Homeostasis
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Draw the graph that illustrates the
Yerkes-Dodson Rule…
Answer
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In Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Needs,
what is between
Esteem and Safety?
Answer
Belongingness and Love
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For hard, and/or poorly-learned tasks, the optimal
arousal is _______ than for difficult, poorly
learned tasks.
Answer
lower
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As blood sugar rises after a
sugary snack, the _______
releases ________ to keep blood
sugar in a narrow range
Answer
Pancreas
Insulin
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What would happen if you
lesioned the
ventromedial hypothalamus
in a rat’s brain?
Answer
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Daily Double!!!
Above it? Hunger drops.
Metabolism rises. Below it?
Hunger rises. Metabolism
drops.
Answer
Set-point
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Do stomach
contractions
correspond to hunger
pangs?
Answer
Yes.
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How well-correlated are
the weights of adoptive
siblings living together?
Answer
Not correlated
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Made by stomach, tells brain, I’m
hungry!
Answer
Ghrelin
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Made in intestines
Tells brain I’m
Not hungry
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PYY
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Made by fat cells
Increases
metabolism
Lowers hunger
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Leptin
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Made by lateral
hypothalamus, leads to
hunger, eating
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Orexin
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Carbohydrates like
pasta, chips, and
candy raise this
neurotransmitter,
having a calming
effect.
Answer
Serotonin
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The stages of
the human sexual
response cycle?
Answer
Excitement
Plateau
Orgasm
Resolution
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Women’s sexual desire
tends to be highest
during what monthly
event?
Answer
Ovulation
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Most women who
experience sexual distress
(low desire, or orgasmic disorder)
attribute it to their _______
relationship with their
partner.
Answer
Emotional
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Name 2 sexual dysfunctions
discussed in the text.
Answer
Erectile disorder
Premature ejaculation
Pain during sex (usually female)
Female Orgasmic disorder
Low desire
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What would happen to
a man’s libido (sexual interest)
if his level of testosterone
were raised?
Answer
Nothing.
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According to the text,
emotions can be divided into
these three components:
Answer
Physiological
Behavioral
Felt/Subjective/Conscious
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Which theory would be threatened
if a study found that lowering
sympathetic arousal lowers
the intensity of the felt emotion?
Answer
Cannon-Bard, because the
arousal and felt emotion aren’t
supposed to be related
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Name a theorist who would be happy
with the following real headline:
Slumping Posture
Makes You Sad,
Study Finds
Answer
William James
Carl Lange
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Which theory of emotion says that the same
arousal might become anger or happiness,
depending on how the person thinks about
his/her arousal/the situation?
Answer
Schacter-Singer Two-factor
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Name a criticism of the
James-Lange Theory
Answer
Too slow?
Haven’t discovered unique patterns
of arousal for each emotion
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Mo
Emo
Stressing
Tuff
Stuff
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FINAL JEOPARDY
What evidence is there
that emotion can
happen in the absence
of cognition?
Answer
Preference/Liking for
subliminally “seen” stimuli;
Low road to amygdala
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This structure is “fear central” in
the brain.
Answer
Amygdala
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Describe the low road and the
high road to the amygdala via
the eyes?
Answer
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More relative activity
in the _____ vs. the
_____ cerebral cortex
correlates with
greater happiness.
Answer
Left, Right
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Generally, physiological arousal
has what effect on emotion?
Answer
Intensifies
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Hans Selye’s
General
Adaptation
Syndrome has these
three phases:
Answer
ARE
Alarm
Resistance
Exhaustion
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Catastrophes (e.g. earthquakes) and
Significant Life Changes (e.g.
marriage) are clearly stressful.
However, even ______ ______, rushhour traffic, aggravating siblings,
friends who don’t respond to texts,
e.g., can add up and be damaging.
Prejudice and racism can harm our
health because the stress is always
there…
Answer
Daily hassles
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Name 3 of the 4 search and destroy
cells of the immune system:
Answer
B lymphocytes – fight bacteria
T lymphocytes – fight cancer, viruses, foreign
substances
Macrophages – identifies and eats worn out cells,
bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites
Natural Killer Cells – kill diseased cells like
cancer and cells infected with viruses
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Daily Double!!!
Lots of supplements claim to boost
the immune system, but they don’t
work.
Why is it good they don’t work?
Answer
A boosted immune system would
make you sick:
lupus, multiple sclerosis,
inflammatory bowel disease,
rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, etc.
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What is Type A
personality and why
is it bad?
Answer
Competitive, timepressured, emotionally
reactive, angry … heart
disease!!
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Researchers have
discovered a link
between pessimism
and _______
Answer
Coronary
artery
disease
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Research from the text found
the highest level of daily
stress was experienced by:
18-20 yr olds
21-25 yr olds
46-50 yr olds
66-70 yr olds
86-90 yr olds
Answer
21-25 year olds
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One study found that stress
caused a shortening of the
_______, pieces of DNA at the
ends of chromosomes, in women
who cared for children with
serious disorders. When too
short, the cells can no longer
divide.
Answer
Telomeres
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In times of great stress, women are
more likely than men to provide
support for others (t___), and bond
with and seek support (b______)
Answer
Tend, Befriend
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In one study, participants who
were told to follow the words as
they read with their middle
finger tended to view the
stories as more…
Answer
Hostile
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Final Jeopardy
What difference occurred between dental
students on summer vacation vs. dental
students 3 days before a major exam?
Hint: precise small holes
ANSWER
Punch wounds to the skin healed 40%
slower in those stressed by the upcoming
exam compared to those relaxed and on
summer vacation.