1. Lorens (1965) found that newly hatched greylag geese would follow any large moving stimulus presented to them shortly after hatching. This is known as:

instinct
survival
sociobiology
imprinting

2. Which of the following is NOT a biological motive that operates within a homeostatic cycle (is not regulated by homeostsis)?

sex
hunger
body temperature
thirst

3. After you are full from a large dinner you find that you are still motivated to have a rich desert (oh no...you never do this). Which theory best explains this behavior?

homeostasis
drive
incentive
arousal

4. According to Maslow, when belongingness and love needs are met, the person is next motivated by ______ needs, which include self-respect,and the approval and recognition of others.

esteem
physiological
cognitive
self-actualization

5. After a male has had sex with a female there is a period of time where he is uninterested in sexual activity with her. However, if a novel female is introduced he will become sexually motivated. This is called:

the Coolidge Effect
male rhtyms
sociobiology
being a pig

6. People do things (like work) for all different reasons. Some work for money, some work for power, and some work for satisfaction. Internal motivation that causes us to do something because we receive self-satisfaction is called:

humanistic
intrinsic
sociobiological
optimum arousal

7. According to psychological research, a man who has not had sex with his mate for a week will have a higher sperm count if his mate has been:

following his/her normal schedule but has not desired sex
teasing him for the week
home with the flu
away for the week

8. Ekman and Friesan studied facial expressions across several cultures and found that many facial expressions were recognized across different cultures, which suggests that facial expression are:

culturally based
innate
learned behaviors
arbitrary

9. The ______ theory of emotion claims that we experience emotion because we are able to formulate a perception when we experience some type of autonomic arousal (i.e., for example, we begin to tremble and thus we perceive that we are afraid - "I feel afraid because I tremble").

Cannon-Bard
Opponent Process
James-Lange
Sociobiological

10. All of the following are complaints that the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion lodged against the James-Lange theory EXCEPT:

physiological arousal may occur without emotional arousal
cognitive interpretation of arousal is too slow
people who are experiencing different emotions often have identical autonomic arousal
visceral (internal organ) changes are too slow to come before the conscious experience of emotion

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