AP Psych Motivation and Emotion

Motivation is defined by psychologists as

• an impulse to accomplish something of significance.
• a basic bodily requirement.
• a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.
• the underlying cause of all our behaviors.

For a person deprived of water, the satisfaction that follows drinking a thirst-quenching beverage best illustrates

• the spillover effect.

• drive reduction.

• the behavior feedback effect.

• legitness

Which theory would be most helpful for explaining why people are motivated to watch horror movies?

• James-Lange theory
• drive-reduction theory
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory
• arousal theory

The most basic or lowest-level need in Maslow's hierarchy of needs includes the need for

• self-esteem.

• love and friendship.

• religious fulfillment.

• food and water.

The James-Lange theory of emotion states that

• one's emotions follow one's physiological arousal

• expressing emotion reduces our level of physiological arousal.

• a stimulus simultaneously triggers both physiological arousal and the subjective experience of emotion.

• to experience emotion we must be able to cognitively label the emotion.

The two-factor theory of emotion was proposed by

• Walter Cannon and Philip Bard.
• Robert Zajonc and Richard Lazarus.
• William James and Carl Lange.
• Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer.

According to the two-factor theory, the two basic components of emotions are ________ and ________.

• facial expressions; a cognitive label
• emotion-arousing events; physical arousal
• physical arousal; overt behavior
• a cognitive label; physical arousal

What is intrinsic motivation?

• Being motivated by positive feelings associated with doing well on a task or job

• Being motivated by monetary bonuses

• Being promoted based on performance

• Being motivated by positive feelings associated with doing well when working with other people

The Yerkes-Dodson Law predicts that most people would perform an easy task best if they are at a...

• high level of arousal

• low level of arousal

• baseline state

• level of self-actualization

Drive reduction theory relies on the idea that humans desire to exist in a state of __________________.

• Homeostasis

• Peace

• Tension

• Change