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Need for ________ refers to maintaining positive relationships with others.

Affiliation

Who proposed the hierarchy of needs?

Abraham Maslow

_________ is an individual's belief in his or her capability to complete a task.

Self-efficacy

Carl mows the yard of his elderly neighbors each week for 20$. What type of motivation is this?

Extrinsic

Nearly _________ of the adult population in the U.S. can be classified as obese.

one third

__________ is a chemical messenger secreted by fat cells that acts as an appetite suppressant.

Leptin

What is characterized by episodes of binge eating followed by attempts to compensate for the excessive amount of food that was consumed?

Bulimia nervosa

In order to be classified as morbidly obese, an adult must have a BMI of __________.

40 or more

Animal research suggests that in male rats the _________ is critical for the ability to engage in sexual behavior, but not for the motivation to do so.

Media preoptic area of the hypothalamus

During the __________ phase of the sexual response cycle, individuals experience rhythmic contractions of the pelvis that are accompanied by uterine contractions in women and ejaculation in men.

orgasm

Which of the following findings was not a result of the Kinsey study?

a. sexual desire and sexual ability can be separate functions
b. females enjoy sex as much as males
c. homosexual behavior is fairly common
d. masturbation has no adverse consequences

a. sexual desire and sexual ability can be separate functions

If someone is uncomfortable identifying with the gender normally associated with their biological sex, then he or she could be classified as experiencing what?

Gender dysphoria

Individuals suffering from PTSD have been shown to have reduced volumes of the __________.

hippocampus

According to what theory of emotion do emotional experiences arise from physiological arousal?

James-Lange

Which of the following is not one of the seven universal emotions described in this chapter?

a. contempt
b. disgust
c. melancholy
d. anger

c. melancholy

Which theory of emotion suggests that polygraphs should be quite accurate at differentiating one emotion from another?

James-Lange theory

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What is the chemical messenger secreted by fat cells that acts as an appetite suppressant?

Leptin is a chemical messenger which is secreted by fat cells that act as an appetite suppressant. Leptin is a hormone of energy expenditure. It is made of adipose cells and helps to regulate energy balance by way of inhibiting hunger. Both hormones they act as receptors in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus.

What is an individual's belief in her capability to complete some tasks?

Self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1997). Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one's own motivation, behavior, and social environment.

Is an individual's belief in her or his own capability to complete a task?

Self-efficacy is an individual's belief in her own capability to complete a task, which may include a previous successful completion of the exact task or a similar task. Albert Bandura (1994) theorized that an individual's sense of self-efficacy plays a pivotal role in motivating behavior.

Which is not one of the seven universal emotions?

Dr. Ekman identified the six basic emotions as anger, surprise, disgust, enjoyment, fear, and sadness. His research shows the strongest evidence to date of a seventh emotion, which is contempt.