Question 1

Tolman viewed behavior as:

Accepted Answer

A)  purposive 
B)  having emotional contexts 
C)  endproduct of reductionism 
D)  mechanistic 
A)  purposive 
B)  having emotional contexts 
C)  endproduct of reductionism 
D)  mechanistic A

Question 2

Amsel proposed that the partial frustration responses and their associated stimulus feedback become _____ to the responses the organism is making.

Accepted Answer

A)  extinguished 
B)  motivationally exhausted 
C)  counterconditioned 
D)  blind 
A)  extinguished 
B)  motivationally exhausted 
C)  counterconditioned 
D)  blind C

Question 3

The _____ receives pheromone information and sends it to the accessory olfactory bulb to affect sexual behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A)  olfactory epithelium 
B)  pheromone cortex 
C)  primary olfactory stem 
D)  vomeronasal 
A)  olfactory epithelium 
B)  pheromone cortex 
C)  primary olfactory stem 
D)  vomeronasal D

Question 4

Crespi's research on the effect of the size of reward shows that:

Accepted Answer

A)  large rewards lead to faster learning 
B)  large rewards lead to slower learning 
C)  the size of the reward influenced learning, but not performance 
D)  the size of the reward influenced performance, but not actual learning 
A)  large rewards lead to faster learning 
B)  large rewards lead to slower learning 
C)  the size of the reward influenced learning, but not performance 
D)  the size of the reward influenced performance, but not actual learning

Question 5

Mowrer's view of incentive motivation suggests all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  rewards and punishment generate motivation 
B)  four basic emotions are associated with incentive motivation 
C)  increases in drive lead to fear, while decreases in drive lead to hope 
D)  latent learning is often the result of incentives 
A)  rewards and punishment generate motivation 
B)  four basic emotions are associated with incentive motivation 
C)  increases in drive lead to fear, while decreases in drive lead to hope 
D)  latent learning is often the result of incentives

Question 6

Amsel called the concept that motivation generated by the frustration of nonreward gets channeled into the response that causes the frustration:

Accepted Answer

A)  conditioning 
B)  counterconditioning 
C)  emotion 
D)  incentives 
A)  conditioning 
B)  counterconditioning 
C)  emotion 
D)  incentives

Question 7

A primary factor in sexual attractiveness is:

Accepted Answer

A)  physical attractiveness 
B)  social status of each person 
C)  intellectual ability 
D)  emotionality 
A)  physical attractiveness 
B)  social status of each person 
C)  intellectual ability 
D)  emotionality

Question 8

In Klinger's model of disengagement, the _____ phase follows the phase of aggression.

Accepted Answer

A)  depression 
B)  hope 
C)  acceptance 
D)  fear 
A)  depression 
B)  hope 
C)  acceptance 
D)  fear

Question 9

Studies of latent learning conclude that:

Accepted Answer

A)  drive reduction is necessary for learning to occur 
B)  reinforcement is necessary for learning to occur 
C)  incentives are necessary for learning that has occurred to become apparent 
D)  incentives are necessary for learning to occur 
A)  drive reduction is necessary for learning to occur 
B)  reinforcement is necessary for learning to occur 
C)  incentives are necessary for learning that has occurred to become apparent 
D)  incentives are necessary for learning to occur

Question 10

Secondary reinforcers are:

Accepted Answer

A)  ineffective at motivating behavior 
B)  innate motivators 
C)  stimuli that are not as important as primary reinforcers 
D)  stimuli consistently associated with reinforcement 
A)  ineffective at motivating behavior 
B)  innate motivators 
C)  stimuli that are not as important as primary reinforcers 
D)  stimuli consistently associated with reinforcement

Question 11

Motivation theorists have taken the position that incentive motivation may be a mediator (M) between a goal object and the responses that are directed toward that goal object. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the properties of M have been studied?

Accepted Answer

A)  energizing properties of M 
B)  emotional properties of M 
C)  information properties of M 
D)  transformational properties of M 
A)  energizing properties of M 
B)  emotional properties of M 
C)  information properties of M 
D)  transformational properties of M

Question 12

Every time Johnny's dog brings the ball back to him, she gets a reward. The dog is on a(n) _____ reinforcement schedule.

Accepted Answer

A)  intermittent 
B)  partial 
C)  competing 
D)  continuous 
A)  intermittent 
B)  partial 
C)  competing 
D)  continuous

Question 13

In Klinger's theory, mourning can be viewed as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the result of a lost incentive 
B)  the result of expectancies 
C)  the result of hopelessness 
D)  the result of learned helplessness 
A)  the result of a lost incentive 
B)  the result of expectancies 
C)  the result of hopelessness 
D)  the result of learned helplessness

Question 14

According to Symons (1979), all of the following characteristics of females contribute to their sexual attractiveness to males EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  youth 
B)  social status 
C)  novelty 
D)  health 
A)  youth 
B)  social status 
C)  novelty 
D)  health

Question 15

Incentives:

Accepted Answer

A)  motivate behavior 
B)  are instinctive 
C)  can be thoughts 
D)  are only relevant for adults 
A)  motivate behavior 
B)  are instinctive 
C)  can be thoughts 
D)  are only relevant for adults

Question 16

The one physical trait of males that seems to be innately attractive to women is:

Accepted Answer

A)  large eyes 
B)  white teeth 
C)  height 
D)  muscular back 
A)  large eyes 
B)  white teeth 
C)  height 
D)  muscular back

Question 17

In an experiment by Amsel and Roussel (1952), rats were sometimes fed in one goal box and then allowed to run to a second goal box where they were also fed. On other trials they received nothing in the first goal box, but then were fed in the second goal box. On the latter trials the rats:

Accepted Answer

A)  ran slower to the second goal box 
B)  refused to eat in the second goal box 
C)  ran faster to the second goal box 
D)  ran at the same speed as in the trials where they were fed at the first goal box 
A)  ran slower to the second goal box 
B)  refused to eat in the second goal box 
C)  ran faster to the second goal box 
D)  ran at the same speed as in the trials where they were fed at the first goal box

Question 18

The human sexual signaling system seems to consist of _____ at a distance and _____ close up.

Accepted Answer

A)  visual stimuli; touch 
B)  auditory stimuli; olfactory stimuli 
C)  pheromones; visual stimuli 
D)  touch; smell 
A)  visual stimuli; touch 
B)  auditory stimuli; olfactory stimuli 
C)  pheromones; visual stimuli 
D)  touch; smell

Question 19

For incentives, _____ incentives generate approach behavior, and _____ incentives generate withdrawal behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  motivation; punishment 
B)  positive; negative. 
C)  weak; strong 
D)  positive; negative 
A)  motivation; punishment 
B)  positive; negative. 
C)  weak; strong 
D)  positive; negative

Question 20

According to Amsel's research, partially reinforced animals have:

Accepted Answer

A)  one source of incentive motivation 
B)  two sources of incentive motivation 
C)  three sources of incentive motivation 
D)  four sources of incentive motivation 
A)  one source of incentive motivation 
B)  two sources of incentive motivation 
C)  three sources of incentive motivation 
D)  four sources of incentive motivation

Tolman viewed behavior as:

Amsel proposed that the partial frustration responses and their associated stimulus feedback become _____ to the responses the organism is making.

The _____ receives pheromone information and sends it to the accessory olfactory bulb to affect sexual behaviors.

Crespi's research on the effect of the size of reward shows that:

Mowrer's view of incentive motivation suggests all of the following EXCEPT:

Amsel called the concept that motivation generated by the frustration of nonreward gets channeled into the response that causes the frustration:

A primary factor in sexual attractiveness is:

In Klinger's model of disengagement, the _____ phase follows the phase of aggression.

Studies of latent learning conclude that:

Secondary reinforcers are:

Motivation theorists have taken the position that incentive motivation may be a mediator (M) between a goal object and the responses that are directed toward that goal object. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the properties of M have been studied?

Every time Johnny's dog brings the ball back to him, she gets a reward. The dog is on a(n) _____ reinforcement schedule.

In Klinger's theory, mourning can be viewed as:

According to Symons (1979), all of the following characteristics of females contribute to their sexual attractiveness to males EXCEPT:

Incentives:

The one physical trait of males that seems to be innately attractive to women is:

In an experiment by Amsel and Roussel (1952), rats were sometimes fed in one goal box and then allowed to run to a second goal box where they were also fed. On other trials they received nothing in the first goal box, but then were fed in the second goal box. On the latter trials the rats:

The human sexual signaling system seems to consist of _ at a distance and _ close up.

For incentives, _ incentives generate approach behavior, and _ incentives generate withdrawal behavior.

According to Amsel's research, partially reinforced animals have:

Conceptualizing and Measuring Motivation

Genetic Contributions to Motivated Behavior

Physiological Mechanisms of Arousal

Physiological Mechanisms of Regulation

Learned Motives: Classical, Instrumental, and Observational Learning

Hedonism and Sensory Stimulation

Cognitive Motivation: Expectancy-Value Approaches

Cognitive Motivation: Social Motivation and Consistency

Cognitive Motivation: Attribution Approaches

Cognitive Motivation: Competence and Control

The Emotions As Motivators

Conclusions

Filters

Exam 6: Incentive Motivation

Tolman viewed behavior as:

Amsel proposed that the partial frustration responses and their associated stimulus feedback become _____ to the responses the organism is making.

The _____ receives pheromone information and sends it to the accessory olfactory bulb to affect sexual behaviors.

Crespi's research on the effect of the size of reward shows that:

Mowrer's view of incentive motivation suggests all of the following EXCEPT:

Amsel called the concept that motivation generated by the frustration of nonreward gets channeled into the response that causes the frustration:

A primary factor in sexual attractiveness is:

In Klinger's model of disengagement, the _____ phase follows the phase of aggression.

Studies of latent learning conclude that:

Secondary reinforcers are:

Motivation theorists have taken the position that incentive motivation may be a mediator (M) between a goal object and the responses that are directed toward that goal object. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the properties of M have been studied?

Every time Johnny's dog brings the ball back to him, she gets a reward. The dog is on a(n) _____ reinforcement schedule.

In Klinger's theory, mourning can be viewed as:

According to Symons (1979), all of the following characteristics of females contribute to their sexual attractiveness to males EXCEPT:

Incentives:

The one physical trait of males that seems to be innately attractive to women is:

In an experiment by Amsel and Roussel (1952), rats were sometimes fed in one goal box and then allowed to run to a second goal box where they were also fed. On other trials they received nothing in the first goal box, but then were fed in the second goal box. On the latter trials the rats:

The human sexual signaling system seems to consist of _____ at a distance and _____ close up.

For incentives, _____ incentives generate approach behavior, and _____ incentives generate withdrawal behavior.

According to Amsel's research, partially reinforced animals have:

Conceptualizing and Measuring Motivation

Genetic Contributions to Motivated Behavior

Physiological Mechanisms of Arousal

Physiological Mechanisms of Regulation

Learned Motives: Classical, Instrumental, and Observational Learning

Hedonism and Sensory Stimulation

Cognitive Motivation: Expectancy-Value Approaches

Cognitive Motivation: Social Motivation and Consistency

Cognitive Motivation: Attribution Approaches

Cognitive Motivation: Competence and Control

The Emotions As Motivators

Conclusions

Filters

The human sexual signaling system seems to consist of _ at a distance and _ close up.

For incentives, _ incentives generate approach behavior, and _ incentives generate withdrawal behavior.