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______________ approaches to motivation suggest that motivation is a product of people's thoughts, expectations, and goals. |
| | A) | Cognitive |
| | B) | Arousal |
| | C) | Incentive |
| | D) | Instinct |
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Self-actualization is associated with which of the following psychologists? |
| | A) | Hull |
| | B) | Cannon |
| | C) | Freud |
| | D) | Maslow |
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Which of the following is a social factor in eating? |
| | A) | The amount of food we place on our plates varies with the amount of exercise that has been done. |
| | B) | People eat at approximately the same times every day, regardless of their hunger cues. |
| | 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) | power. |
| | D) | affiliation. |
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A(n) ______________ is a motivational tension, or arousal, that energizes behavior in order to fulfill some need. |
| | A) | drive |
| | B) | homeostatic point |
| | C) | incentive |
| | 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) | incentive |
| | D) | arousal |
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Intrinsic motivation causes us to participate in an activity for |
| | A) | a tangible reward. |
| | B) | our own enjoyment. |
| | 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) | may have a high settling point. |
| | B) | probably have a high rate of metabolism. |
| | C) | probably have a low weight set point. |
| | D) | may be anorexic. |
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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) | anticipation of eating pleasure. |
| | C) | food. |
| | D) | reinforcement of eating behavior. |
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Obesity can be caused in lab rats or other animals by damaging the |
| | A) | hypothalamus. |
| | B) | medulla. |
| | C) | thalamus. |
| | 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) | shaping behaviors for the mid- to long-term future. |
| | C) | regulating social interactions. |
| | D) | preparing one for immediate action. |
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The American Psychological Association has adopted a resolution stating that evidence for the effectiveness of polygraphs is |
| | A) | not a psychological question. |
| | B) | satisfactory. |
| | C) | still unsatisfactory. |
| | D) | excellent. |
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At a field site in an African game park, a biological psychologist records the mating sequence of African love birds that results from inborn preprogramming and the need to survive. She is focused on the study of |
| | A) | rational behavior. |
| | B) | instinctive behavior. |
| | C) | basic drives. |
| | D) | emotions. |
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According to Maslow, which of the following is the highest-order need? |
| | A) | physiological |
| | B) | belongingness |
| | C) | safety |
| | D) | esteem |
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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) | cause of |
| | C) | effect resulting from |
| | D) | simultaneous event with |
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