1000 chapter 11 Motivation and emotion

Which of the following is true of motivation?

• It is usually not caused by physiological drives.

• It cannot be caused by external factors.

• It is caused by some need.

• It is responsible for every action.

Which of the following is true of needs?

• They are psychological abnormalities.

• They occur due to some deficiency.

• They cannot cause motivation.

• They arise as a result of incentives.

Which of the following is an example of a drive?

• kindness

• humility

• thirst

• affection

Which of the following is the best example of motivation stemming from an external incentive?

• a family going out for dinner because they are hungry

• a teacher preparing for the next class because it makes her feel good when students learn

• a school student mowing the lawn to make money during the holidays

• a girl learning the piano because she loves music

Drives come from the _____ environment, while incentives come from the _____ environment.

• external; internal

• social; biological

• institutional; personal

• biological; external

Maintaining homeostasis is a major motivating factor in the ________ model of motivation.

• evolutionary

• drive reduction

• optimal arousal

• hierarchical

The normal human body temperature of 36.6° C is the ________ for that particular bodily system.

• antecedent event

• set point

• ideal

• reaction point

The concept of optimal level of arousal is based on

• the Yerkes-Dodson law.

• the James-Lange theory.

• the g-factor theory.

• the theory of hierarchy of needs.

According to the optimal arousal model of motivation, which of the following is true?

• High arousal leads to superior performance.

• The optimal level of arousal is central to external incentives rather than internal drives.

• Low arousal improves performance.

• High arousal leads to poor performance.

Who among the following introduced the concept of flow to describe how people perform under optimal conditions?

• Maslow

• Johnson

• Csikszentmihalyi

• Yerkes-Dodson