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  Psychology Test 15                                      Name ___________________

______________1. It is said to be short madness.?

 

_____________________   2. It examines emotions and the involuntary physical changes that signal emotional                                                             arousal?

_______________  3. The body has a what to maintain a particular weight? Also called a thermostat?

 

________________ 4. He developed a hierarchy of needs?

 

________________5. In the hierarchy of needs, what is at the top?

 

________________ 6. This system is designed to maintain weight and nutrient levels?

 

________________ 7. On Maslow’s chart- where is the physiological needs?

 

________________8. This motivational theory is- we are pushed to reduce drives and achieve optimum

                                                arousal?

________________9. A complex behavior must have a fixed pattern throughout the species and be unlearned-

                        this is called?

________________ 10. The physiological aim of drive reduction is what? It means the maintenance of a steady

            internal state?

________________11. There are two types of thinking- this type you think in different directions in search

                        of multiple answers to problems

________________________________12. What is intrinsic motivation?

 

________________13. It is a transitory form of love characterized by strong emotional reactions and arousal,

                                                sexual desires, ___ fantasies.?

________________14. Person is significantly underweight yet feels fat- this is called?

 

________________ 15. Which type- intrinsic or extrinsic- you seek rewards or avoid punishment?

 

________________ 16. It is a need or desire that serves to energize behavior and to direct it toward a goal?

 

________________17. Water on the brain caused by excessive production of cerebrospinal fluid is called?

 

________________ 18. When you are emotionally aroused, you are __ aroused?

 

________________ 19. This part of the brain regulates temperature, hunger and thirst?

 

________________ 20. It is the physiological changes and conscious feelings of pleasantness or

                                    unpleasantness, aroused by external and _____ stimuli, that lead to  behavioral reactions?

________________ 21. A good test must have dependably consistent scores. This is called

 

________________ 22. This cortex receives and sends information to the right place in the brain?

 

________________ 23. He developed classical conditioning with dogs?

 

________________ 24. Relative permanent change in an organism’s behavior due to experience is called?

 

________________ 25. Drugs that cause altered states of perception and can cause flashbacks are called?