motivation and emotion practice MCQ

Question 1

Buford complains that he can play his tuba beautifully at home, but each time he tries to play at the local talent show he sounds like a bull elk in rutting season. His problem is explained by

Answer 1

Yerkes-Dodson Law

Question 2

at the highest level of arousal

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the individual becomes emotional, frenzied and disorganised

Question 3

if you are feeling a lot of fear, the brain site most likely involved is…

Answer 3

the amygdala

Question 4

if the lateral hypothalamus is destroyed, a rat will

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refuse to eat until it is force fed

Question 5

cutting sensory nerves from the stomach or removing it entirely, causes

Answer 5

some changes in eating but hunger still occurs

Question 6

cultural values on eating behaviours

Answer 6

they determine a person’s set point for various foods

Question 7

stimulus motives are

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innate but not necessary for survival

Question 8

If the ventromedial hypothalamus is destroyed, a rat will

Answer 8

eat until it becomes obese

Question 9

the hypothalamus has _____ hunger centres

Answer 9

the most direct control

Question 10

correct sequence for the motivational process

Answer 10

need-drive-behavioural response

Question 11

unlearned biological motives necessary for survival are termed

Answer 11

primary motives

Question 12

Which theory of emotion holds the view that bodily changes PRECEDE emotion and that we experience an emotion AFTER our body reacts?

Answer 12

James-Lange theory

Question 13

desire for money is what kind of motive?

Answer 13

secondary

Question 14

motivation is the process of…

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initiating, sustaining and directing activities of the organism

Question 15

Which theory holds that we are afraid because we run or are angry because we strike?

Answer 15

James-Lange theory

Question 16

After an animal is allowed to copulate until it has no further interest, it will resume sexual activity when a new partner is provided. This is called

Answer 16

the Coolidge effect

Question 17

Which theory claims that emotions are organized in the brain and that emotional feelings and bodily expressions occur simultaneously?

Answer 17

The Cannon-Bard theory

Question 18

The __________ describes the relationship between arousal level, task difficulty, and efficiency of performance.

Answer 18

The Yerkes-Dodson Law

Question 19

secondary motives are

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needs that are learned, such as the needs for power or for achievement