AP Psych - Unit 7 - MESP

a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior towards a goal.

• Instinct

• Reflex

• Motivation

• Nature

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is shown as a pyramid of human needs, beginning with physiological. What is the significance of the pyramid shape?

• You must first meet the lower level needs then move up. Each need is lesser insignificance

• You can meet them in any order

• You must first meet the lower level needs which are necessary for survival then you move to the next level and so on.

• Once you meet a need, you can never go back down

This triggers hunger - monitors the body’s appetite hormones

• Hypothalumus

• Glucose

• Insulin

• Leptin

Emotions are a mix of consciously experienced thoughts expressive behaviors, and physiological arousal. Which theory emphasized the importance of the consciously experienced thoughts?

• A. Facial feedback theory

• B. James-Lange theory

• C. Arousal and performance theory

• D.Fight or flight theory

• E.Schachter-Singer two factor theory

What describes our tendency to help others when we are in a good mood?

• A.Relative deprivation

• B.Tend and befriend response

• C.Feel-Good Do-Good phenomenon

• D.Fight or flight response

• E.General adaptation syndrome

Which of the following statements about nonverbal expressions is true?

• A.People blind from birth cannot exhibit common facial expressions

• B.The meaning of gestures is the same across cultures

• C.Facial signs of emotion are generally understood across world cultures

• D.People from different cultures have difficulty understanding nonverbal expressions

• E.Nonverbal expressions is not reliably interpreted within a culture

______________ is the idea that physiological needs create an aroused state that motivates an organism to reduce the need.

• A.Instinct theory

• B.Drive-reduction theory

• C.Self-assertion instinct

• D.Arousal theory

• E.Hierarchy of needs

Which of the following is one of the stages of sexual response cycle described by Masters and Johnson?

• A.Plateau

• B.Refractory

• C.Attraction

• D.Compensation

• E.Bingeing

What is the tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state?

• A.Hierarchy of needs

• B.Basal metabolic rate

• C.Homeostasis

• D.Instinct

• Theory of Motivation

A parent's statement to their child, "We want you to get A's like the neighbor's son" will lead to _______.

• compliance

• intrinsic motivation

• extrinsic motivation

• obedience