30 Questions
Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of achievement goals discussed in the text?
Outcome
According to the text, which type of achievement goal is focused on the outcome and meeting a standard?
Performance-approach
Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences achievement motivation, according to the text?
Socioeconomic status
According to the text, which motive is primarily a learned motive?
Achievement
Which term refers to people born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not fit the two 'binary' sexes of male or female?
Intersex
What percentage of the population is born with intersex traits?
0.05 to 1.7%
Which term describes a person's internal sense of their gender?
Gender identity
What are the two effects of hormones on the nervous system and behavior?
Organizational and activational
Which of the following is a criticism of the sexual response cycle?
It fails to consider cultural factors in sexual interactions.
What are the female sex hormones called?
Oestrogen and progesterone
Which of the following is true about the average hormone levels in men and women?
Men have more male hormones than female hormones.
What is important to recognize about the sex categories of male and female?
They include varying hormone levels and genitalia.
Which term refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, and activities attributed by society as being appropriate for girls, women, boys, men, and gender diverse people?
Gender
What does sexual identity, also known as sexual orientation, refer to?
The direction and degree of a person's enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction
Does a person's gender identity determine their sexual orientation?
No, a person's gender identity does not determine their sexual orientation
What is the basis for many aspects of adult love?
Attachment motivation
According to the text, social relationships are important for both physical and mental health. For example, women who report having at least one confidante are 10 times less likely to suffer depression following a stressful event than women who do not have someone in whom they can confide.
Women with confidantes are 20 times less likely to suffer depression.
According to the text, having fewer relationships in combination with a high need for affiliation in later life is related to depression, with men being more vulnerable than women.
Having fewer relationships is related to depression, but men are less vulnerable than women.
According to the text, lack of supportive relationships is a risk factor for mortality.
Lack of supportive relationships is a protective factor for mortality.
According to the text, people high in achievement motivation tend to choose moderately difficult tasks over very easy or very difficult tasks.
People high in achievement motivation tend to choose moderately difficult tasks.
Which of the following accurately describes the relationship between anger and fear in terms of physiological responses?
Anger and fear have some similar physiological responses
What does the language we use to describe anger suggest about its physiological accuracy?
The language we use to describe anger is accurate
What happens to the surface skin temperatures of people who are angry?
Their surface skin temperatures increase
What does data from non-Western cultures suggest about the links between emotional experience and physiology?
Data from non-Western cultures suggest that the links between emotional experience and physiology are similar cross-culturally
How are the links between emotional experience and physiology believed to be wired in the brain?
The links between emotional experience and physiology are believed to be wired into the brain
What is the publication year of the study mentioned in the text?
1992
According to the James–Lange theory, emotions originate in the peripheral nervous system responses that the central nervous system then interprets.
True
Which of the following best describes affect?
The pattern of observable behaviors that expresses an individual's emotions
The Cannon–Bard theory states that emotion-inducing stimuli simultaneously elicit both an emotional experience and bodily responses.
True
According to the text, which theory of emotion suggests that emotions are rooted in bodily experience?
James–Lange theory
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