Motivation

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

The arousal theory of motivation would be most useful for understanding the aversive effects of:

• refractory periods

• sexual disorders

• hunger

• boredom

The tendency for one's body to return to  a balanced state is called:

• satisfaction
• deprivation
• homeostasis

Proposed a hierarchy of needs that suggests a strive toward self-actualization when other needs are met.

• Alfred Kinsey
• Masters & Johnson
• Abraham Maslow
• Paul Ekman

Engaging in a behavior because it's personally rewarding is _______ motivation

• Intrinsic
• Instinct
• External

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.

Motivational theory that focuses on internal states of tension, such as hunger, that motivate us to pursue actions that reduce tension

• Drive reduction theory
• Instinct theory
• Arousal theory
• Incentive theory

Foolish conformity to peer pressure is most likely to be motivated by ________ needs.

• safety
• belongingness
• achievement
• self-actualization

When motivation comes from outside the self it is called...

• extrinsic motivtation

• intrinsic motivation

• humanistic motivation

• stimulus motivation

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