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71. Jim trying to decide whether or not he should attend : 1202002
71. Jim is trying to decide whether or not he should attend his company’s annual holiday party. He knows that his love interest, Pam, will be there; however, his annoying co-worker, Dwight, will also be there to make his life miserable. This is an example of what kind of motivational conflict?
A. Approach-approach
B. Approach-avoidance
C. Avoidance-avoidance
D. Multiple approach-avoidance
72. Kelly is contemplating buying a dog. Although Kelly would enjoy having a dog around for protection and companionship, she realizes that owning a dog comes with the responsibilities of walking and feeding it. Kelly is faced with a(n) _____ conflict in making this decision.
A. approach-approach
B. avoidance-avoidance
C. approach-avoidance
D. multiple approach-avoidance
73. Shoba has two options for the summer. She can do an internship that would be pretty boring, although the money and experience would be good. She also has an opportunity to be a nanny in France, which would be very exciting but wouldn’t bring in much money. Shoba is experiencing a(n) _____ conflict.
A. approach-approach
B. approach-avoidance
C. avoidance-avoidance
D. multiple approach-avoidance
74. Phil has to choose which college to attend. He is deciding between Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and Ohio State. There are pros and cons about each school. Phil is favoring Illinois because of the great psychology department, especially the reputation of the Psychology 100 instructors. Which type of conflict is Phil facing?
A. Multiple approach-avoidance
B. Approach-approach
C. Avoidance-avoidance
D. Approach-avoidance
75. You are just ready to pull into a parking place when another driver pulls into the spot from the opposite direction. When you realize that the driver didn’t see you, you shrug and drive on. A minute later, you get ready to pull into another parking space, but a different car beats you to it., This time, you realize that this driver did see you. In this situation, you become very angry. Your different emotions in the two situations demonstrate the importance of _____ as a component of emotion.
A. mental assessment
B. valence
C. intensity
D. bodily response
76. We can usually control whether we cry or not, but we can’t usually control whether we feel sorrow or not. This best illustrates that emotional experiences
A. arise, in part, from a mental appraisal of a situation.
B. are passions, not rational decisions.
C. are accompanied by bodily responses.
D. are learned.
77. Julia wants to study the objectively measurable aspects of emotion, particularly peoples’ innate and learned expressive displays of emotion. In other words, Julia is most likely conducting research on peoples’
A. mental assessment of situations.
B. physiological response to emotional experiences.
C. nonverbal communication, such as a smile or frown.
D. experience of both positive and negative emotion.
78. You are watching Christina Aguilera on MTV Cribs. As she walks through her backyard, she trips over a rake, falls to the ground, and gets all dirty. You laugh uncontrollably and cannot help but smile for the next few minutes. In this situation the _____ motor system is controlling your facial expressions.
A. pyramidal
B. extrapyramidal
C. ventromedial
D. paraventricular
79. Elaine has a tumor in her brain that affects the pyramidal motor system. Which of the following is true about Elaine?
A. Elaine can smile on command.
B. Elaine cannot smile at all.
C. Elaine will smile when she encounters something that truly makes her happy.
D. Elaine is always smiling and now is known as “Elated Elaine.”
80. If Lisa’s pyramidal motor system is damaged, she will not be able to
A. smile voluntarily.
B. express emotion.
C. experience emotion.
D. digest her lunch.
