MOTIVATIONS PSYCH

Question 1

Motives activate behavior and propel the organism_________.

Answer 1

toward goals

Question 2

The study of Motivation is an attempt to understand_______a behavior occurs.

Answer 2

why

Question 3

Psychologists define a hypothetical states that activate behavior and propel one toward goals are

Answer 3

Motives

Question 4

Why motives described as hypothetical states?

Answer 4

They cannot be seen or measured directly.

Question 5

The study of motivation is complex because it cannot be directly observed, only _________________.

Answer 5

inferred from behavior.

Question 6

Motives can take the form of

Answer 6

Needs, Drives, and Incentives

Question 7

Which of the following are examples of psychological needs?
-Oxygen, food, and water
-waste elimination and proper temperature.

Answer 7

Both

-Oxygen, food, and water
-waste elimination and proper temperature.

Question 8

Motives are believed to give rise to

Answer 8

Behavior

Question 9

Needs can be described as

Answer 9

physiological and psychological

Question 10

Psychological needs must be meet in order to ________.

Answer 10

In order to survive.

Question 11

An animal has requirements to ear and drink . A species must produce. Behavior is organized to maintain the proper temperature. What are those example of?

Answer 11

Physiological needs

(Note:

physiological needs- needs of the body
psychological needs- needs of the mind.

physiological needs-These are the essentials people need for physical survival. Examples includeair, food, drink, shelter, clothing, warmth, sleep, and health. If you fail to meet these needs, your body cannot function properly.

psychological needs-autonomy, competence, relatedness, physical thriving, security, self-esteem, self-actualization, pleasure-stimulation, money-luxury, and popularity-influence

Question 12

Physiological needs are generally based upon ____________.

Answer 12

Learning experiences

physiological needs-These are the essentials people need for physical survival. Examples includeair, food, drink, shelter, clothing, warmth, sleep, and health. If you fail to meet these needs, your body cannot function properly.

Question 13

One child takes great pride in academic accomplishments. Another child takes great pride in pleasing her parents. These are examples of the influence of ________ on Psychological needs.

Answer 13

Learning

Question 14

NEEDS give rise to

Answer 14

Drives

Question 15

Hunger is to ______ as food deprivationis to ________.

Answer 15

Drive; need

Question 16

A need for approval may cause an individual to

Answer 16

seek to please others.

Question 17

Good grades serve as a(n)______ for studying.

Answer 17

Incentive

Question 18

___________will lead to higher or greater levels of drive.

Answer 18

Deprivation

Question 19

A high need for the achievement would drive a person to

Answer 19

work hard

Question 20

A(n) ______ is an object, peson, or situation that is perceived as being capable of satisfying a need or as desirable for its own sake.

Answer 20

incentive

Question 21

Lower car insurance rates serve as a(n)________ for good driving

Answer 21

incentive

Question 22

What is instinctual behavior indicative of?
-Species-specific responses
-unlearned responses
-Genetically transmitted behavior

Answer 22

All of these

Question 23

The evolutionary perspective describes behaviors that

Answer 23

come naturally to a species.

Question 24

The observation that birds reared in isolation from other birds have the capacity to build nests without observation or learning experience provides evidence for the

Answer 24

Evolutionary Perspective

Question 25

William McDougall (1908) compiled a list of 12 human_________that included hunger, sex, and self-assertion.

Answer 25

instincts

Question 26

Research regarding human instincts agrees with all of the followng EXCEPT

Answer 26

there are 12 human instincts. (The rest of them are included: -the question regarding human instincts remains unresolved -Human behavior is biologically influenced but controlled -There is too much complexity in human behavior to reach agreement on this issue)

Question 27

According to William James, Humans have instincts that foster

Answer 27

survival and social behavior

Question 28

The individual responsible for describing the drive-reduction theory was

Answer 28

Clark Hull

Question 29

According to Hull, the motivation to avoid touching a hot iron is a(n)_________.

Answer 29

Primary drive (Note: Primary drives are innate biological needs such as being hungry or thirsty. Secondary drives are those learned through conditioning or association with a primary drive, such as money and social acceptance.)

Question 30

________theories suggest the needs to create a state of tension and returns the organism to a calm, restive state.

Answer 30

Drive-reduction

Question 31

According to drive-reduction theory,_______ trigger arousal and activate the behavior to reduce the tension.

Answer 31

Drives

Question 32

Feeding behavior is a(n)_____ to a primary drive.

Answer 32

Response

Question 33

Pain avoidance is a response to

Answer 33

A Primary drive

Question 34

The tendency toward homeostasis or a steady state would cause

Answer 34

A tired person sleep

Question 35

The observation-that we enjoy stimulating activities such as driving in fast cars or riding roller coasters is inconsistent with ________ theory.

Answer 35

Humanistic( theory)

Question 36

According to stimulus motives if a person is bored, the person will be motivated to

Answer 36

seek stimulation

Question 37

A group of research participants are placed alone in quiet cubicles where their arms are bandaged and they hear nothing but the sound of dull, continuous Hum. This method is used o stufy the effects of

Answer 37

Sensory deprivation

Question 38

Which of the following is a stimulus motive

Answer 38

exploration (Stimulus motives: express our needs for stimulation and information. For example, activity, curiosity, exploration, throwing parties, surf the net, reading, hanging out with friends, emailing each other.)

Question 39

According to Maslow's_______ theory, humans are motivated by drives gor personal growth.

Answer 39

Humanistic (theory)

Question 40

According to humanistic theory, people are separated from lower animals by pur capacity for_________.

Answer 40

self-actualization (Note: According to Maslow, self-actualization is when a person can do what they feel they are "meant" to do and be who they are "meant" to be. The need for self-actualization is present in all of us, but can only be met once all of the lower needs are sufficiently satisfied.)

Question 41

A homeless individual motivated to seek shelter at a church to escape the rain is satisfying__________ of Maslow's Heirarchy.

Answer 41

Physiological and safety needs. (Note: Physiological (primarily associated with physiological drives such as eating, drinking, breathing, etc.) Safety (refers to the need for security and protection such as financial security, job security, health and wellbeing, etc.)

Question 42

As honor student who joins the scholastics club looking for friendship is mostly satisfying the __________of maslow's heirarch.

Answer 42

Love and belonging needs.

Question 43

According to Maslow, needs are organized in a ________with physiological needs and self-actualization needs at the extremes.

Answer 43

Heirarchy

Question 44

If the ventromedial nucleus (vmn) of a rat's brain is destroyed, the rat

Answer 44

becomes hyperphagic and continues to eat until it has doubled its normal weight.

Question 45

The________ is signaled when there is a drop in blood sugar due to good deprivation

Answer 45

Hypothalamus