Motivations and Emotions Chapter 1

What are the benefits of studying motivation and emotion?

• It provides theoretical understanding only.

• It is not an interesting topic to learn about.

• It provides both theoretical understanding and practical know-how.

• It is not a useful topic for our lives.

What is the definition of motivation?

• The external factors that prevent an individual from achieving their goals.

• The internal and external factors that drive an individual to initiate and sustain behavior towards a specific goal or outcome.

• The internal factors that make an individual feel happy and content.

• The external factors that force an individual to behave in a certain way.

Study of motivation and emotion is a____________.

• behavioral science

• pseudoscience

• biological science

• chemical science

The three types of internal motives are

• needs

• cognitions

• monetary

• emotions

What is the purpose of a theory of motivation?

• To explain why people do what they do, but not to provide any direction for behavior.

• To provide direction for behavior, but not to explain why people do what they do.

• To explain what gives behavior its energy and direction.

• To explain only the energy of behavior, but not its direction.

What are the example of external events that provide motivation to an individual?

• monetary reward

• peer support

• interest

• self-concept

Two way to infer motivation in an individual is to______.

• observe motivation's behavioral manifestations

• studying the person background

• pay attention to the antecedents causing the motivational states

• find the person a motivational source

Expression of motivation through behavior could be through which of the following?

• Attention

• Effort

• Choice

• Persistence

Which of the following is NOT a physiological expression of motivation?

• Heart rate increase

• Relax and static

• Blood pressure increase

• Increase of muscle activity

Which of the following is a theories of motivation?

• Flow (Csikszentmihalyi, 1997)

• Stress and coping (Lazarus, 1991a)

• Expectancy x value (Vroom, 1964)

• Piaget theory (Piaget, 1936)