test 2

Question 1

Instinct theory

Answer 1

Human behaviour is motivated by certain innate, unlearned tendencies that are shared by all individuals

Question 2

Drive-Reduction Theory

Answer 2

Need gives rise to an-internal state of tension called a drive, person or organism is motivated to reduce it

Question 3

Arousal theory

Answer 3

people are motivated to maintain an optimal level of arousal

Question 4

What is Yerkes-Dodson Law

Answer 4

Performance on a task is best when arousal level is appropriate to the difficulty of the task

Question 5

Incentive theory

Answer 5

Motivation results from external stimuli that pull the organism in certain directions

Question 6

Cognitive theories

Answer 6

explaining things to ourselves

Question 7

Explain how Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs changes across cultures?

Answer 7

Different cultures can place the order of needs differently

Question 8

What view is psychometric intelligence based on?

Answer 8

The view is based on the assumption that our intelligence can receive a numerical value

Question 9

Who suggested distinguishing between intelligence and intelligent?

Answer 9

Sternberg

Question 10

Field-dependent style

Answer 10

A general cognitive ability of an individual to rely more on external visual cues and to be primarily socially oriented

Question 11

Field-Independent style

Answer 11

A general cognitive ability of an individual to rely primarily on bodily cues within themselves and to be less oriented towards social engagement with others

Question 12

What did Darwin suggest about emotions?

Answer 12

Human feelings are universal because they serve an adaptive purpose

Question 13

Decoding rules

Answer 13

Rules that govern the interpretation and perception of emotion. Culturally based rules that shape how people of each culture interpret emotional expression

Question 14

Individualism positively correlates with?

Answer 14

intensity ratings of anger and fear

Question 15

When is the ergo-tropic system activated?

Answer 15

When there is the possibility of responding to stimuli.

Question 16

What is the ergo-tropic systems main function?

Answer 16

control moment by moment adaptation to events in the world.

Question 17

What system does the Trophotropic system incorporate

Answer 17

parasympathetic system

Question 18

What is the Trophotropic systems function?

Answer 18

maintain the optimum internal balance of bodily functions for development and wellbeing

Question 19

Emotion antecedents

Answer 19

Events or situations that trigger or elicit an emotion

Question 20

What was the point of using Thematic Apperception tests?

Answer 20

To measure differences in achievement motivation

Question 21

What is McClelland achievement motivation theory?

Answer 21

that every person has 1 of 3 driving motivators: need for achievement, affiliation, or power.

Question 22

Hostile agression

Answer 22

aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself; the goal here is to injure someone

Question 23

instrumental aggression

Answer 23

aims to hurt only as a means to some end

Question 24

Freud-Thanatos

Answer 24

death instinct, aggression is built into us

Question 25

What did Dollard suggest?

Answer 25

Suggest that frustrations triggers aggression. (Frustration agression theory)

Question 26

Spearman the g factor theory

Answer 26

responsible for overall performance on mental ability test. Believed if some one excelled in one are would be good in others.

Question 27

Those who hold a g factor belief on intelligence would believe that…?

Answer 27

intelligence can be measured and expressed by a single number such as an IQ score