AP Psych - Motivation

Which of the following findings about emotions is well supported by research?

• There are several universal emotions.

• Anger is a cognitive state with no physiological correlates.

• The polygraph is highly effective at detecting lies.

• Emotional intelligence is highly correlated with Type A personality.

• The cerebellum is the origin of most emotional experience in the brain.

Which of the following correctly lists Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs from bottom to top?

• Safety, physiological, esteem

• Basic, subordinate, intermediate

• Basic, subordinate, superordinate

• Physiological, safety, esteem, belonging, self-actualization

• Physiological, safety, belonging, esteem, self-actualization

Which of the following individuals would be most intrinsically motivated to write?

• Greg, who will keep his job as an editor only if he publishes a top-selling book every month

• Andy, who expects to be paid $20,000 for each book that he publishes

• Carlota, who wants to publish enough books to buy her dream home

• Savitri, who has several interesting stories that she wants to write

• Ray, who was offered $5,000,000 to write a sequel to his first book, which was a top seller

Pam works hard in school because her parents give her ten dollars for every A she receives. Pam’s parents are attempting to influence her academic efforts by capitalizing on

• instinctive needs

• primary needs

• extrinsic motivation

• intrinsic motivation

• reactance

Which level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs deals with satisfying one's hunger, thirst, and other bodily needs?

• psychological

• social

• esteem

• physiological

Motivation is defined by psychologists as

• an impulse to accomplish something of significance.

• rigidly patterned behavior characteristic of all people.

• a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal.

• the cause of behavior.

For a thirsty person, drinking water serves to reduce

• a drive.

• an instinct.

• an incentive.

• homeostasis.

Positive and negative environmental stimuli that motivate behavior are called

• needs.

• incentives.

• instincts.

• drives.

The most basic or lowest-level need in Maslow's hierarchy of human motives includes

the need for

• self-esteem.

• love and friendship.

• religious fulfillment.

• food and water.

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

• satisfaction
• deprivation
• homeostasis