1. Define motivation, including the following components: physiological factors and psychological factors that account for arousal and persistence in behavior
2. Define instincts and give some examples in humans and other animals
3. Explain how drive can increase an individual's chances for survival.
4. Distinguish between the following theories of emotion: the James-Lange theory, the common sense view, and the Cannon-Bard theory.
5. Describe the roles of both the limbic system and the brain's hemispheres in emotion and summarize the opponent-process theory.
6. Evaluate the validity of polygraph tests.
7. Describe the results of research on the universality of facial expressions, efforts to determine the number of basic emotions, and the facial feedback hypothesis.
8. Identify display rules and describe the research on smiling.
9. Discuss the importance of body language and paralanguage in communication.
10. Discuss gender differences in emotional experience.
11. Discuss the results of research on deception detection.
12. Discuss the importance of language in the descriptions of emotions.
13. Describe research on the appraisal of emotion-eliciting stimuli and discuss appraisal theories of emotion.
14. Discuss the development of emotions in children.
15. Identify the components of emotional intelligence and explain why it is important to understand.

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