Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation Quiz Flashcards
If a student pays very close attention to the learning materials, puts a lot of effort into the learning, and persists in the learning for an extended period of time, she would be rated as scoring high on ___________ engagement.
a. behavioral
b. cognitive
c. emotional
d. social
a. behavioral
Whose theory of motivation is being summarized?:
If need-based energy accumulates unchecked over time, motivation arises as a sort of emergency warning system in the form of psychological anxiety that signals action needs to be taken. Once action is initiated, both bodily need and psychological anxiety are quieted.
a. Descartes’ mind–body dualism
b. Freud’s drive theory
c. James’s instinct theory
d. Lorenz’s fixed action pattern
b. Freud’s drive theory
The _____ is involved in processing both one’s own feelings (e.g., intrinsic motivation) as well as the feelings and emotions of other people (e.g., empathy).
a. anterior cingulate cortex
b. dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
c. insular cortex
d. orbitofrontal cortex
c. insular cortex
Consider mating strategies. Which of the following represents must-have “necessities” in determining one’s preference to select a mate?
a. For both men and women, kindness is a necessity.
b. For both men and women, being the same age is a necessity.
c. For men, physical attractiveness is a necessity in women; for women, social status is a necessity in men.
d. For men, social status is a necessity in women; for women, physical attractiveness is a necessity in men.
c. For men, physical attractiveness is a necessity in women; for women, social status is a necessity in men.
From where does a person’s high level of intrinsic motivation come?
a. It emerges spontaneously from psychological needs.
b. It is learned over time from experiences of praise and positive feedback.
c. It is the product of positive incentives and positive reinforcers.
d. It comes from social models who show high intrinsic motivation in their lives.
a. It emerges spontaneously from psychological needs.
An externally provided rationale works as a motivational strategy during an uninteresting activity because it can:
a. calm and alleviate the person’s anxiety and arousal.
b. increase desired behavior and decrease undesired behavior.
c. increase internalization, valuing, and identified regulation.
d. provide the person with an opportunity to perform high-frequency, not just low-frequency, behaviors.
c. increase internalization, valuing, and identified regulation.
Social contexts and environments that frustrate and thwart the person’s psychological need for autonomy are referred to as:
a. achievement-demanding.
b. autonomy supportive.
c. controlling.
d. a-relational.
c. controlling
_____ is the need to establish close emotional bonds and attachments with other people, and it reflects the desire to be emotionally connected to and interpersonally involved with significant others in warm relationships.
a. Autonomy
b. Competence
c. Relatedness
d. Self-actualization
c. Relatedness
The environmental incentive that activates the emotional and behavioral potential of the implicit motive for intimacy is:
a. doing something well to show personal competence.
b. having impact on others.
c. involvement in a warm, secure relationship.
d. opportunity to please others and gain their approval.
c. involvement in a warm, secure relationship.
When one’s current GPA is several points lower than the GPA one had wished for at the beginning of the school year, what sort of motivational construct comes into existence?
a. arousal
b. difference
c. discrepancy
d. dissonance
c. discrepancy
The belief that “the more you try and the more you learn, the better you get” is an example of:
a. fixed mindset
b. goal setting
c. growth mindset
d. personal mindset
c. growth mindset
Which of the following relations represent a person’s efficacy expectations?
a. Action -> Control
b. Action -> Outcomes
c. Self -> Action
d. Self -> Control
c. Self -> Action
A strong sense of efficacy allows a performer to remain highly ___, even in the face of situational stress and problem-solving dead-ends.
a. outcome-focused
b. reactance-focused
c. self-conscious
d. task-focused
d. task-focused
Research finds that those with high self-esteem choose to interact with people who evaluate them positively, while those with low self-esteem choose to interact with people who evaluate them negatively. This shows that, generally speaking:
a. high self-esteem people are vulnerable to the illusion of control.
b. low self-esteem people are vulnerable to a self-verification crisis.
c. people choose to interact with people who are similar to themselves.
d. people choose to interact with people who treat them in a way that they want to be treated.
d. people choose to interact with people who treat them in a way that they want to be treated.
Which emotion regulation strategy is described in this example:
Facing a threatening or boring situation, the person starts to think of something else.
a. attentional focus
b. reappraisal
c. situation modification
d. suppression
a. attentional focus
