AP Psych Unit 9.1 FAC

hierachy of needs, psysiological, safety, belongingness and love, esteem, self-actualization, self trancendence

• Abraham Maslow

• Hans Selve

• Stanley Schacter

• Williams James

What are drives defined as?

• Fixed, unlearned, genetically programmed patterns of behavior

• Internal conditions that relate to survival needs

• A state of balance in the body needed in order for the body to function

• When actions are performed in order to maintain an optimum physiological arousal

When stimulated, this part of the brain causes an excessive eating reaction

• Lateral hypothalamus

• Thalamus

• Amygdala

• Ventromedial hypothalamus

When stimulated, this part of the brain stops eating behavior

• Lateral hypothalamus

• Thalamus

• Amygdala

• Ventromedial hypothalamus

Which of the following is TRUE according to Yerkes-Dodson law?

• Moderate-difficulty tasks are performed better w/ low arousal

• Low-difficulty tasks are performed better w/ low arousal

• High-difficulty tasks are performed better w/ low arousal

• Moderate-difficulty tasks are performed better with high arousal

Sally plays soccer because she enjoys it. This is an example of...

• Extrinsic motivation

• Intrinsic motivation

• Arousal theory

• Achievement motivation

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

What is motivation?

• The need or desire that energizes behavior and moves it toward a goal

• A state of tension that results from an internal imbalance

• An inherited, preprogrammed, complex behavior that occurs in a species

• Maintaining a balanced internal state

Which of the following is an example of an instinct according to the instinct theory?

• The need for energy to be obtained from food

• Thirst for more water

• The sucking behavior of newborn human babies

• Pursuit of pleasure

What is the arousal theory of motivation?

• Doing things to achieve self-fulfillment

• Matching difficulty with effort to accomplish something

• Maintaining an optimal level of stimulation

• Balancing biological needs