WorksheetsAP Psych Unit 8 Motivation
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 32mins
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Class
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1.
According to Maslow, ______ are the first level of needs that people have to satisfy before they can advance up the hierarchy.
a)
Biological and Physiological needs
b)
Self-actualization needs
c)
Esteem needs
d)
Belongingness needs
2.
What is Intrinsic Motivation?
a)
Being motivated by positive feelings associated with doing well on a task or job
b)
Being motivated by monetary bonuses
c)
Being promoted based on performance
d)
Being motivated by positive feelings associated with doing well when working with other people
3.
What is Intrinsic Motivation?
a)
Being motivated by positive feelings associated with doing well on a task or job
b)
Being motivated by monetary bonuses
c)
Being promoted based on performance
d)
Being motivated by positive feelings associated with doing well when working with other people
4.
The Yerkes-Dodson Law predicts that most people would perform an easy task best if they are at a...
a)
high level of arousal
b)
low level of arousal
c)
baseline state
d)
level of self-actualization
5.
This theory holds that bodily needs create either states of tension or arousal.
a)
Yerkes-Dodson Law
b)
Zuckerman's Proposal
c)
Drive Reduction Theory
d)
Instinct Theory
6.
Drive Reduction Theory relies on the idea that humans desire to exist in a state of __________________.
a)
Homeostasis
b)
Peace
c)
Tension
d)
Change
7.
Maslow described the process of reaching Self-Actualization using a model called the...
a)
Triangle of Death
b)
Triangle of Needs
c)
Hierarchy of Needs
d)
Drive Reduction
8.
A specific need or desire that arouses the organism and directs its behavior toward a goal.
a)
Motivation
b)
Emotion
c)
Drive
d)
Cause
9.
Motivation is defined by psychologists as
a)
An impulse to accomplish something significant
b)
Rigidly patterned behavior characteristic of all people.
c)
A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal
d)
The cause of behavior
10.
An instinctive behavior is one that is
a)
Designed to reduce drives.
b)
Unlearned
c)
Triggered by an incentive
d)
Internally motivated
11.
A need refers to
a)
A physiological state that usually triggers motivational arousal
b)
An aroused or activated state that is often triggered by a psychological need.
c)
Anything that is perceived as having positive or negative value in motivating behavior.
d)
A desire to perform a behavior as a result of rewards or threats of punishment.
12.
A drive refers to
a)
A rigidly patterned and unlearned behavior characteristic of a species
b)
Anything that is perceived as having or positive or negative value in motivating behavior
c)
An aroused, motivated state that is often triggered by a physiological need.
d)
The body's resting rate of energy expenditure.
13.
Desiring law and order would fall into which category according to Maslow?
a)
physiological needs
b)
safety needs
c)
esteem needs
d)
self-actualization
14.
Physiological reactions happen before an emotion can be cognitively understood.
a)
Cannon-Bard theory
b)
James-Lange theory
c)
Schachter's Two-Factor Theory
d)
drive reduction theory
15.
Which of the following two parts of the nervous system are the most involved in the fight or flight response?
a)
central nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system
b)
autonomic nervous system and frontal lobe
c)
sympathetic nervous system and autonomic nervous system
d)
heart rate and respiration
16.
Our body tries to maintain a balanced physiological state called
a)
homeostasis
b)
equilibrium
c)
self-actualization
d)
secondary satisfaction
17.
Our emotional experience is a combination of the emotion we think we are experiencing and the physiological changes that happen.
a)
Cannon-Bard Theory
b)
James-Lange Theory
c)
Schachter's Two Factor Theory
d)
None of these
18.
Which of these is not a theory of emotion?
a)
James-Lange Theory
b)
Jessica Lange Theory
c)
Cannon-Bard Theory
d)
Schachter's Cognitive Theory of Emotion
19.
Extrinsic motivation
a)
Is the desire to complete goals because of external rewards.
b)
is the desire to complete goals because of internal satisfaction.
20.
What went in Maslow's pyramid of human needs? (from bottom to top)
a)
hierarchy of needs
b)
physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness needs, esteem needs, self-actualization needs
c)
1. excitement 2. plateau 3. orgasm 4. resolution
d)
Schacter's two-factor theory (Schacter/Singer)
21.
_____ is the form of sugar in the blood that provides energy to cells. When it is low, we feel hungry.
a)
Glucose
b)
Adrenaline
c)
Sucrose
d)
Fructose
22.
This is the part of the brain that sends signals to tell you to eat and signals when you are full.
a)
Amygdala
b)
Thalamus
c)
Hypothalamus
d)
Cerebellum
23.
Foolish conformity to peer pressure is most likely to be motivated by _____________ needs, according to Maslow.
a)
safety
b)
belongingness
c)
achievement
d)
self-actualization
24.
The tendency for the body to move someone to a specific weight of body size is called this
a)
normal weight
b)
Basil metabolic weight
c)
set point
d)
predisposition weight
25.
The speed in which your body process food at rest is called your...
a)
set point
b)
food rapidity
c)
food processing metabolism
d)
basil metabolic rate
26.
When leptin levels drop
a)
hunger occurs
b)
fats cells grow
c)
water cells dehydrate
d)
all of these
27.
Nonverbal Communication
a)
Expressing your opinion on Facebook
b)
Saying "I hate you"
c)
Asking for a kiss
d)
Punching a wall
28.
Cleaning your room for an allowance.
a)
Intrinsic Motivation
b)
Extrinsic Motivation
29.
The two-factor theory of emotion was proposed by
a)
Walter Cannon and Philip Bard.
b)
Robert Zajonc and Richard Lazarus.
c)
William James and Carl Lange.
d)
Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer.
30.
As Erica watched the televised drawing of lottery numbers, she realized she had the winning combination. If her heart starts to race at the same instant that she feels euphoria over winning the lottery, Erica's response pattern would lend support to
a)
the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
b)
the James-Lange theory of emotion
c)
Schachter's two-factor theory of emotion
d)
the common-sense view of emotion
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