Deck 8: Extension: Motivation and Emotion

Question 1

Primary drives are found in ________.

A) most animals except primates
B) only mammals
C) only reptiles and fish
D) all animals

Answer 1

all animals

Question 2

Seeing a snake, running away from it, then becoming frightened is the sequence of events postulated by the ________ theory.

A) Plutchik
B) James-Lange
C) Yerkes-Dodson
D) Cannon-Bard

Answer 2

James-Lange

Question 3

A rabbit hears a rustle in some bushes and runs away in fear before it has time to evaluate the possibilities as to what made the rustling noise. This situation best supports ________ theories of emotion.

A) Spiesman's
B) Cannon's
C) Zajonc's
D) Freud's

Answer 3

Zajonc's

Question 4

The motive of self-actualization makes one want to ________.

A) have frequent contact with others
B) fulfill one's inborn potential
C) convince others of one's true worth
D) possess as many material goods as possible

Question 5

Which of the following most accurately describes the relationship between frustration and aggression?

A) Frustration is the least important among several types of experience that can provoke aggression.
B) Frustration almost always leads to aggression.
C) Frustration generates aggression most often in those people who have learned aggression as a coping mechanism.
D) Unintentional interference with a task will lead people to become more aggressive.

Question 6

Married couples report having sex ________ often and being ________ satisfied with their sex lives than unmarried persons.

A) less; more
B) less; less
C) more; more
D) more; less

Question 7

Both motives and emotions move us toward some ________.

A) incentive
B) stimulus
C) action
D) equilibrium

Question 8

In a study in which men and women were shown people in distress, men showed ________.

A) the same levels of physiological arousal but less emotional expression than women
B) less physiological arousal and less emotional expression than women
C) greater levels of physiological arousal but less emotional expression than women
D) the same levels of physiological arousal and emotional expression as women

Question 9

The major difference in animal and human sex drives is that ________.

A) human sex drive is controlled by the male's reproductive system
B) human sex drive is controlled by hormones
C) humans are capable of sexual arousal at any time
D) human sex drive is controlled by the female's reproductive system

Question 10

Which of the following situations best illustrates how a stimulus motive can direct behavior?

A) A rat will learn a maze in order to get food.
B) Children who see an object new to their environment will usually pick it up and try to see how it works.
C) People who are used to eating dinner at 6 P. M. feel hungrier as dinnertime approaches.
D) Monkeys kept in a zoo will form male-female pairs, copulate, and rear their young.