Motivation and Emotion

The student who completes a project in school hoping to get first prize in a competition is responding to __________ motivation.

• intrinsic

• extrinsic

A person who climbs a mountain because the action itself is satisfying and rewarding is responding to __________ motivation.

• intrinsic

• extrinsic

Which theory of motivation most clearly emphasizes the importance of genetic predispositions?

• drive-reduction theory

• instinct theory

• humanist theory

• arousal theory

Goal-directed and innate patterns of behavior that derive from our biological makeup and are not the result of learning or experience are called:

• instincts.

• drives.

• incentives.

The theory stating that behaviors are motivated by the body’s attempts to reduce tension from conditions such as hunger or thirst to a state of balance is the __________ theory.

• drive reduction

• optimum arousal

• instinct

The theory of motivation that proposes we are driven to maintain a certain level of emotional, intellectual, or physical excitability is the __________ theory of motivation. 

• drive reduction

• instinct

• optimum arousal

For a thirsty person, drinking water serves to reduce

• homeostasis

• arousal

• drive

• set point

The smell of chocolate chip cookies draws you into the kitchen to eat some. Which theory best explains your motivation?

• incentive

• drive reduction

• optimum arousal

• instinct

The idea that one should be alert but not overly aroused to perform best on a test is most closely related to which of the following?

• drive reduction

• homeostasis

• hierarchy of motives

• Yerkes Dodson Law

According to Maslow (humanist), our need for

• love must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for food.

• adequate clothing must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for self-esteem.

• self-actualization must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for friendship.

• political freedom must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for economic security.