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Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:

1. Distinguish between motivation and emotion.

2. Describe the relationship between primary motives and homeostatic mechanisms.

3. Describe the biological and psychological regulation of hunger.

4. Discuss the biological and psychological regulation of thirst.

5. Define "psychological motive" and identify the following psychological motives: the need for novel stimulation, the need for affiliation, and the need for achievement.

6. Distinguish between optimal arousal theory and the Yerkes-Dodson law.

7. Explain Solomon's opponent-process theory of motivation.

8. Distinguish between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

9. Identify the components of Maslow's hierarchy of motives.

10. Define "emotion" and explain the components of Watson and Tellegen's emotional map.

11. Distinguish among the James-Lange theory, the Cannon-Bard theory, and the cognitive theory of emotion.

12. Explain the procedures used in lie detector tests and discuss the effectiveness of these tests.

13. Discuss the roles played by learning and by culture in emotions.

14. Describe the results of research into happiness.

15. Distinguish among the following theories of aggression: Freud's instinct theory, the frustration-aggression theory, and the social learning theory.

16. Discuss the issues surrounding recent increases in violent youth gangs.

17. (From the Application section) Discuss the American obsession with being thin and identify methods suggested to eat more healthfully.







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