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Question 41

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What does an organism experience if you experimentally decrease its blood glucose levels?

A) increase in general arousal
B) decrease in hunger
C) decrease in general arousal
D) increase in hunger

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Question 42

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Victoria is extremely upset because she has been falsely accused of stealing money from her employer. Her lawyer has suggested that Victoria take a polygraph test to prove her innocence. Victoria asks for your opinion. What should you tell her based on the research into the accuracy of polygraphs?

A) They sometimes wrongly indicate that innocent people are guilty, but are highly accurate in detecting guilt.
B) They measure only overall arousal levels and are not reliable indicators of whether or not people are lying.
C) They are extremely accurate, and if Victoria is truly innocent she will pass with no problem.
D) They sometimes wrongly indicate that guilty people are innocent, but are highly accurate in detecting innocence.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Question 43

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Karen is about to be attacked by a snarling dog. The sensory information about this event arrives at her thalamus. What happens next in her brain?

What is a drive?

Which theorists agree that autonomic arousal precedes the conscious experience of emotion?

Noor is an individual who has a high need for achievement. She is trying to decide which one of four possible courses to take. The first is supposed to be easy, with an "A" practically guaranteed for very little effort. The second is supposed to be moderately difficult, but with effort an "A" is possible. The third is supposed to be a "killer" course with little chance of earning a grade higher than a "B." The fourth is a seminar-style course with no grades assigned. What should you expect Noor to choose?

How do ghrelin and CCK influence hunger?

"Either the government reduces taxes or it demonstrates that it hates entrepreneurs." Which fallacy does this example illustrate?

Max has the need to master difficult challenges, to outperform others, and to meet high standards for excellence. According to researchers such as McClelland, Max most likely has which of the following?

What is the foremost motivation for all organisms, according to drive theorists?

During which phase of the human sexual response cycle does a series of muscular contractions pulsate through the pelvic area?

Which of the following characteristics is NOT expected from a person high in achievement motivation?

Which of the following statements regarding the need for achievement is the most accurate?

"We can ban cyberporn, or we can hasten the moral decay of modern society." Which fallacy does this example illustrate?

What do recent surveys suggest about the incidence of obesity in Canada since 1996?

In general, which of the following do contemporary theories regarding brain regulation of hunger tend to focus on?

Rita has just finished a large meal at her favourite restaurant. Although she is quite full, when the waiter brings the dessert tray, she orders a piece of chocolate cheesecake. Which of the following theories of motivation is Rita's behaviour is least consistent with?

What typically happens to animals that have lesions in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus?

Which of the following is a simple definition of motivation?

Which of the following should we expect when we compare people's various needs, according to motivation theorists?