Question 1

What is the function or aim of an emotion? The aim is to

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A)  motivate behavior that aids in coping with environmental demands. 
B)  arouse activity in several behavioral channels. 
C)  produce an inner subjective feeling. 
D)  express your emotion facially to other individuals. 
A)  motivate behavior that aids in coping with environmental demands. 
B)  arouse activity in several behavioral channels. 
C)  produce an inner subjective feeling. 
D)  express your emotion facially to other individuals.

Question 2

What is the difference between a biological source and a psychological source of motivation? As sources,

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A)  biological refers to the body; psychological refers to the brain. 
B)  biological refers to physiological processes; psychological refers to mental processes 
C)  biological refers to pull motivation; psychological refers to push motivation. 
D)  biological refers to cognitive motivation; psychological refers to simulation processes 
A)  biological refers to the body; psychological refers to the brain. 
B)  biological refers to physiological processes; psychological refers to mental processes 
C)  biological refers to pull motivation; psychological refers to push motivation. 
D)  biological refers to cognitive motivation; psychological refers to simulation processes

Question 3

What is the purpose of a psychology of motivation? The purpose is to explain why

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A)  motivation seems to vary within a person at different times,e.g., hungry or not 
B)  motivation varies among people at the same time,e.g., men usually eat more than women 
C)  people want stuff and lots of it 
D)  answers a and b: What is motivating varies within a person and varies among people 
A)  motivation seems to vary within a person at different times,e.g., hungry or not 
B)  motivation varies among people at the same time,e.g., men usually eat more than women 
C)  people want stuff and lots of it 
D)  answers a and b: What is motivating varies within a person and varies among people

Question 4

According to Bandura's agentic theory, people

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A)  choose or create their circumstances. 
B)  stress too much when bad things happen to them 
C)  react passively to the stimuli in their environment. 
D)  are not affected by their circumstances. 
A)  choose or create their circumstances. 
B)  stress too much when bad things happen to them 
C)  react passively to the stimuli in their environment. 
D)  are not affected by their circumstances.

Question 5

In the theory of motivational readiness, an incentive motivates behavior most strongly when the incentive

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A)  has the longest psychological distance 
B)  is outside a person's awareness 
C)  reduces tension 
D)  best satisfies the wants of an individual 
A)  has the longest psychological distance 
B)  is outside a person's awareness 
C)  reduces tension 
D)  best satisfies the wants of an individual

Question 6

What is a motivating function of the need to belong or the need to affiliate? These needs

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A)  motivate individuals to manipulate others for their own personal pleasure. 
B)  are motives that protects individuals from feeling dejected when snubbed. 
C)  motivate a person to behave emotionally. 
D)  motivate a person to examine others for signs of acceptance/rejection. 
A)  motivate individuals to manipulate others for their own personal pleasure. 
B)  are motives that protects individuals from feeling dejected when snubbed. 
C)  motivate a person to behave emotionally. 
D)  motivate a person to examine others for signs of acceptance/rejection.

Question 7

Motive is to incentive as

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A)  hunger is to thirst. 
B)  food is to water. 
C)  hunger is to food. 
D)  food is to hunger. 
A)  hunger is to thirst. 
B)  food is to water. 
C)  hunger is to food. 
D)  food is to hunger.

Question 8

How would a motivation psychology explain differences in the behavior (a) of one individual at different times and (b) among different people at the same time?

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Question 9

Which of the following represents an external source of motivation?

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A)  amount of ghrelin in a person's blood 
B)  amount of an incentive 
C)  degree of self-worth 
D)  intensity of instrumental behavior 
A)  amount of ghrelin in a person's blood 
B)  amount of an incentive 
C)  degree of self-worth 
D)  intensity of instrumental behavior

Question 10

How do drives and psychological needs motivate behavior? Drives and psychological needs

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A)  agitate a person into action. 
B)  motivated behaviors that reduce the unpleasantness of the drives and needs. 
C)  activate environmental stimuli associated with the drives and needs. 
D)  suppress or inhibit behaviors that satisfy drives and needs. 
A)  agitate a person into action. 
B)  motivated behaviors that reduce the unpleasantness of the drives and needs. 
C)  activate environmental stimuli associated with the drives and needs. 
D)  suppress or inhibit behaviors that satisfy drives and needs.

Question 11

Darwin's concept of sexual selection is based on

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A)  physical traits that favor survival 
B)  the value of traits that are relevant for mating and for producing offspring. 
C)  society's rules of how people should act in order to attract a mate. 
D)  using sexual deception as a defense against predators. 
A)  physical traits that favor survival 
B)  the value of traits that are relevant for mating and for producing offspring. 
C)  society's rules of how people should act in order to attract a mate. 
D)  using sexual deception as a defense against predators.

Question 12

What does Jeremy Bentham's principle of utility refer to?

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A)  All human motives originate in the unconscious. 
B)  Motivation originated in our evolutionary past. 
C)  Behavior is based on doing what is right. 
D)  The ability of things to affect happiness determine human behavior 
A)  All human motives originate in the unconscious. 
B)  Motivation originated in our evolutionary past. 
C)  Behavior is based on doing what is right. 
D)  The ability of things to affect happiness determine human behavior

Question 13

Why are people motivated by different things? The reason people differ in what motivates them is that

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A)  each person has a different evolutionary past. 
B)  people differ in their human nature. 
C)  people's internal states like hunger remain constant 
D)  people vary in stable individual characteristics like needs and traits. 
A)  each person has a different evolutionary past. 
B)  people differ in their human nature. 
C)  people's internal states like hunger remain constant 
D)  people vary in stable individual characteristics like needs and traits.

Question 14

Use your college career, up to now, to illustrate the motivation sequence: choice, instrumental behavior, and end-states.

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Question 15

Occasionally you visualize yourself walking across the stage and receiving your university diploma. This visual image helps keep you motivated to attend classes, study, and complete your assignments. This visual imagery is an example of

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A)  anticipatory response mechanism 
B)  cognitive motivation 
C)  affective forecasting 
D)  emotional thinking 
A)  anticipatory response mechanism 
B)  cognitive motivation 
C)  affective forecasting 
D)  emotional thinking

Question 16

What steps, in the correct order, are involved in motivation as a journey?

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A)  instrumental behavior, consummatory behavior, choice of motive or incentive 
B)  consummatory behavior, instrumental behavior, choice of motive or incentive 
C)  affective forecasting, anticipatory behavior, cognitive motivation 
D)  choice of motive or incentive, instrumental behavior, consummatory behavior 
A)  instrumental behavior, consummatory behavior, choice of motive or incentive 
B)  consummatory behavior, instrumental behavior, choice of motive or incentive 
C)  affective forecasting, anticipatory behavior, cognitive motivation 
D)  choice of motive or incentive, instrumental behavior, consummatory behavior

Question 17

__________ are the focus of a person's motivation while __________ serve as assists in that motivation.

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A)  incentives…..goals 
B)  needs…..incentives 
C)  needs…..goals 
D)  goals…..incentives 
A)  incentives…..goals 
B)  needs…..incentives 
C)  needs…..goals 
D)  goals…..incentives

Question 18

Behavior is most strongly motivated when

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A)  a person wants to do something. 
B)  a psychological need is present plus a matching incentive is available. 
C)  an incentive is available. 
D)  a psychological need is present. 
A)  a person wants to do something. 
B)  a psychological need is present plus a matching incentive is available. 
C)  an incentive is available. 
D)  a psychological need is present.

Question 19

During the anticipatory response mechanism, individuals

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A)  imagine achieving a goal 
B)  exhibit a portion or segment of actual consummatory behavior 
C)  affectively forecast their end-state experience 
D)  are experiencing an emotion 
A)  imagine achieving a goal 
B)  exhibit a portion or segment of actual consummatory behavior 
C)  affectively forecast their end-state experience 
D)  are experiencing an emotion

Question 20

Most students prefer a grade of A in a course compared to a grade of B. This preference reflects what concept?

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A)  the value of an incentive 
B)  the strength of a motive 
C)  push motivation 
D)  the emotion of pride when earning a grade of A 
A)  the value of an incentive 
B)  the strength of a motive 
C)  push motivation 
D)  the emotion of pride when earning a grade of A

What is the function or aim of an emotion? The aim is to

What is the difference between a biological source and a psychological source of motivation? As sources,

What is the purpose of a psychology of motivation? The purpose is to explain why

According to Bandura's agentic theory, people

In the theory of motivational readiness, an incentive motivates behavior most strongly when the incentive

What is a motivating function of the need to belong or the need to affiliate? These needs

Motive is to incentive as

How would a motivation psychology explain differences in the behavior (a) of one individual at different times and (b) among different people at the same time?

Which of the following represents an external source of motivation?

How do drives and psychological needs motivate behavior? Drives and psychological needs

Darwin's concept of sexual selection is based on

What does Jeremy Bentham's principle of utility refer to?

Why are people motivated by different things? The reason people differ in what motivates them is that

Use your college career, up to now, to illustrate the motivation sequence: choice, instrumental behavior, and end-states.

Occasionally you visualize yourself walking across the stage and receiving your university diploma. This visual image helps keep you motivated to attend classes, study, and complete your assignments. This visual imagery is an example of

What steps, in the correct order, are involved in motivation as a journey?

are the focus of a person's motivation while serve as assists in that motivation.

Behavior is most strongly motivated when

During the anticipatory response mechanism, individuals

Most students prefer a grade of A in a course compared to a grade of B. This preference reflects what concept?

Evolutionary Antecedents of Motivation

Addictions and Addictive Behaviors

Homeostasis: Temperature, Thirst, Hunger, and Eating

Behavior, Arousal, and Affective Valence

Stress, Coping and Health

Psychological Needs and Motives

Personality and Motivation

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation

Goal Motivation

Emotions and Moods

Emotions As Motives

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What is the function or aim of an emotion? The aim is to

What is the difference between a biological source and a psychological source of motivation? As sources,

What is the purpose of a psychology of motivation? The purpose is to explain why

According to Bandura's agentic theory, people

In the theory of motivational readiness, an incentive motivates behavior most strongly when the incentive

What is a motivating function of the need to belong or the need to affiliate? These needs

Motive is to incentive as

How would a motivation psychology explain differences in the behavior (a) of one individual at different times and (b) among different people at the same time?

Which of the following represents an external source of motivation?

How do drives and psychological needs motivate behavior? Drives and psychological needs

Darwin's concept of sexual selection is based on

What does Jeremy Bentham's principle of utility refer to?

Why are people motivated by different things? The reason people differ in what motivates them is that

Use your college career, up to now, to illustrate the motivation sequence: choice, instrumental behavior, and end-states.

Occasionally you visualize yourself walking across the stage and receiving your university diploma. This visual image helps keep you motivated to attend classes, study, and complete your assignments. This visual imagery is an example of

What steps, in the correct order, are involved in motivation as a journey?

__________ are the focus of a person's motivation while __________ serve as assists in that motivation.

Behavior is most strongly motivated when

During the anticipatory response mechanism, individuals

Most students prefer a grade of A in a course compared to a grade of B. This preference reflects what concept?

Evolutionary Antecedents of Motivation

Addictions and Addictive Behaviors

Homeostasis: Temperature, Thirst, Hunger, and Eating

Behavior, Arousal, and Affective Valence

Stress, Coping and Health

Psychological Needs and Motives

Personality and Motivation

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation

Goal Motivation

Emotions and Moods

Emotions As Motives

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are the focus of a person's motivation while serve as assists in that motivation.