Motivation, Emotion, and Personality

A student needs _______to reach a goal.

Based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory, what does a person who wants support and motivation need?

• 
  Safety needs

• 
  Love needs

• Self-esteem needs

• Psychological needs

Personality is best defined as an individual's

• characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

• most noticeable characteristics.

• biologically inherited temperament.

• hidden thoughts and emotions.

Answer explanation

Personality is best defined as an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting, making the first choice the correct answer.

What do we call a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior?

• Incentive

• Refractory period

• Emotion

• Motivation

• Instinct

Answer explanation

Motivation is the need or desire that energizes and directs behavior, making it the correct choice.

Proposed a hierarchy of needs that suggests a strive toward self-actualization when other needs are met.

• Alfred Kinsey

• Masters & Johnson

• Abraham Maslow

• Paul Ekman

Answer explanation

Abraham Maslow proposed a hierarchy of needs that suggests a strive toward self-actualization when other needs are met.

The experience of feelings such as fear, joy, surprise and anger.

• Drive

• Motivation

• Emotion

• Interaction

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'Emotion' because feelings such as fear, joy, surprise, and anger are all part of the experience of emotions.

Maslow explained that people fail to reach self-actualization because...

• They fail to satisfy more basic needs.

• They fail to discover their talents.

• They spend too much time on snapchat.

• They fear becoming who they were meant to be.

Answer explanation

Maslow explained that people fail to reach self-actualization because they fail to satisfy more basic needs.

Which theory suggests that emotions are a result of physiological responses to external events?

• James-Lange Theory

• Cannon-Bard Theory

• Schachter-Singer Theory

• Cognitive Appraisal Theory

What is the term for the ability to understand and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others?

• Emotional Intelligence

• Emotional Stability

• Emotional Resilience

• Emotional Awareness

Who is known for developing the concept of the 'inferiority complex'?

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung

• Alfred Adler

• Erik Erikson