Cultural rituals threaten ego strengths

A state involving physiological arousal, a cognitive appraisal of the situation that produced the state, and an outward behavior expressing the state, defines _____

a) intrinsic motivation. b) a high need for achievement. c) motivation. d) emotion.

You come to an intersection here the traffic lights are all malfunctioning. In order to make sure that everyone gets where they are going, a police officer is directing traffic so that as cars come into the

intersection they are sent to their correct destination safely. This is very similar to what the __________ does, as it directs sensory information to the correct part of the cerebral cortex. a. thalamus b. hippocampus c. amygdala d. reticular formation