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______________ approaches to motivation suggests that motivation is a product of people's thoughts, expectations, and goals. |
| | A) | Arousal |
| | B) | Incentive |
| | C) | Cognitive |
| | D) | Instinct |
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Self-actualization is associated with which of the following psychologists? |
| | A) | Hull |
| | B) | Maslow |
| | C) | Cannon |
| | D) | Freud |
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Which of the following is a social factor in eating? |
| | A) | People eat at approximately the same times every day, regardless of our hunger cues. |
| | B) | The amount of food we place on our plates varies with the amount of exercise that has been done. |
| | C) | When we feel hungry, we search for food. |
| | D) | When glucose levels are low, we get hungry. |
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A tendency to seek impact, control, or influence over others reflects a need for |
| | A) | arousal. |
| | B) | achievement. |
| | C) | affiliation. |
| | D) | power. |
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A(n) ______________ is a motivational tension, or arousal, that energizes behavior in order to fulfill some need. |
| | A) | homeostatic point |
| | B) | incentive |
| | C) | drive |
| | D) | instinct |
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Juan's mother gives him one dollar for every "A" on his report card. Juan tries very hard in school. What motivational theory explains this? |
| | A) | instinct |
| | B) | drive-reduction |
| | C) | arousal |
| | D) | incentive |
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Intrinsic motivation causes us to participate in an activity for |
| | A) | our own enjoyment. |
| | B) | a tangible reward. |
| | C) | the need for power. |
| | D) | biological satisfaction. |
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People whose body weight is more than 20 percent above the average weight for a person of their height |
| | A) | probably have a high rate of metabolism. |
| | B) | probably have a low weight set point. |
| | C) | may be anorexic. |
| | D) | may have a high settling point. |
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The drive-reduction approach to motivation identifies hunger as the drive that relates to the need for |
| | A) | chewing and swallowing responses. |
| | B) | food. |
| | C) | anticipation of eating pleasure. |
| | D) | reinforcement of eating behavior. |
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Obesity can be caused in lab rats or other animals by damaging the |
| | A) | medulla. |
| | B) | thalamus. |
| | C) | hypothalamus. |
| | D) | cerebellum. |
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If you are badly frightened, you are likely to attempt an escape. This illustrates emotionality's function of |
| | A) | labeling one's feelings. |
| | B) | preparing one for immediate action. |
| | C) | shaping behaviors for the mid- to long-term future. |
| | D) | regulating social interactions. |
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The American Psychological Association has adopted a resolution stating that evidence for the effectiveness of polygraphs is |
| | A) | still unsatisfactory. |
| | B) | not a psychological question. |
| | C) | satisfactory. |
| | D) | excellent. |
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A biological psychologist at a field site in an African game park has been recording examples from the mating sequence of African love birds that results from inborn preprogramming and that relate to survival. She is focused on the study of |
| | A) | rational behavior. |
| | B) | basic drives. |
| | C) | instinctive behavior. |
| | D) | emotions. |
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According to Maslow, which of the following is the highest-order need? |
| | A) | physiological |
| | B) | esteem |
| | C) | belongingness |
| | D) | safety |
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In the James-Lange theory of emotion, physiological arousal is seen as a(n) ______________ cognitive emotional feelings. |
| | A) | irrelevant byproduct of |
| | B) | effect resulting from |
| | C) | cause of |
| | D) | simulataneous event with |
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