Intro 11/12 Review

The process by which activities are started, directed, and continued so that physical or psychological needs or wants are met is called ________.

• motivation

• emotion

• achievement

• synergy

Extrinsic motivation is defined as the pursuit of an activity ________.

• for external reward

• for its own sake

• to relieve the state of tension caused by deprivation

• in order to increase one's competence and skills

Intrinsic motivation is one that propels a person to pursue an activity ________.

• for external rewards

• because the act itself is rewarding

• to relieve the state of dtension caused by deprication

• in order to be judged favorably by others

Salmon swimming upstream to spawn are an example of ________.

• incentives

• motives

• instinct

• needs

One positive outcome of instinct approaches was ________.

• that they gave birth to psychoanalytic theory

• that psychologists began focusing on learning theories

• that psychologists were forced to consider the effects of heredity on behavior

• a better explanation of behavior

The ________ approach to motivation suggests a connection between internal physical states and outward behavior.

• arousal

• drive-reduction

• incentive

• achievement

The tendency of the body to maintain a steady state of functioning is called ________.

• stability

• equilibrium

• homeostasis

• physiological balance

Physiologically-based drives that are unlearned are called ________ drives.

• primary

• reflexive

• acquired

• tertiary

Drives that are learned through experience are called ________ drives.

• primary

• reflexive

• secondary

• tertiary

In arousal theory, people are said to have a(n) ________ level of tension.

• ultimate

• lower

• optimal

• high