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MOTIVATION

The document contains a series of multiple-choice questions related to the concept of motivation, covering definitions, theories, and psychological factors influencing behavior. It includes topics such as Maslow's hierarchy of needs, drive reduction theory, and various motivational theories. Answers to the questions are provided at the end of the document.

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MOTIVATION

The document contains a series of multiple-choice questions related to the concept of motivation, covering definitions, theories, and psychological factors influencing behavior. It includes topics such as Maslow's hierarchy of needs, drive reduction theory, and various motivational theories. Answers to the questions are provided at the end of the document.

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MOTIVATION

1. Motivation can best be defined as:


(A) An innate biological force that produces a fixed set of behaviors
(B) Various physiological and psychological factors that cause a person to
act in a particular way
(C) A biological state in which an organism lacks something essential for
survival
(D) The tendency or need for a body to stay in a balanced state

2. Repulsion, curiosity, pugnacity, and humility are all examples of


(A) Needs
(B) Emotions
(C) Instincts
(D) Motivations

3. If a person does not eat for a period of time, it causes a need for food. Th is
need produces a state of tension. The tension energizes the person to act in
some way to fi nd food, thereby returning the body to homeostasis. Th is is
an example of:
(A) Intrinsic action pattern
(B) Sympathetic nervous system
(C) Extrinsic motivation
(D) Drive reduction theory

4. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, an adolescent who is beginning


to form serious romantic relationships would be in what level?
(A) Level 1
(B) Level 2
(C) Level 3
(D) Level 4

5. If the ventromedial hypothalamus of a rat is destroyed:


(A) The rat will starve to death.
(B) The rat will only eat when it feels hungry.
(C) The rat will begin to feel full.
(D) The rat will become obese.
6. An individual’s subjective experience and feeling of being either a male or
female is referred to as:
(A) Gender roles
(B) Sexual orientation
(C) Gender identity
(D) Transgender

7. Which of the following brain structures is most responsible for hunger and
satiety, respectively?
(A) The ventromedial hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus
(B) The lateral hypothalamus, the ventromedial hypothalamus
(C) The amygdala, the hippocampus
(D) The hippocampus, the amygdala

8. A journalist chooses to go to Afghanistan to cover the war hoping to


acquire the admiration of his peers and a promotion. Which of the
following theories of motivation best explains this decision?
(A) Drive theory
(B) Incentive theory
(C) Fixed action pattern
(D) Socio-cognitive theory

9. _____ means that the learner comes to anticipate the


presence of a reward and if that reward is absent or changed, behavior
is disrupted.
(A) Latent learning
(B) Reward expectancy
(C) Place learning
(D) Forgetting

10. I do it because I enjoy it.", this statement refers to which of the following?
(A) Motive to avoid failure
(B) Extrinsic motivation
(C) Intrinsic motivation
(D) Achievement motivation

11. For some persons, accomplishing difficult tasks and meeting high
standards of excellence are extremely important. This refers to
(A) Pull mechanism
(B) Achievement motive
(C) Aggression motive
(D) Power motive

12. Classification of self on the basis of perceptually distinct attributes


and behaviors such as age, physical characteristics, sex, goodness and
badness developing between 18 and 30 months is
(A) Enduring self
(B) inner self
(C) Categorical self
(D) Remembered self

13. The theory that holds that self-esteem serves to buffer, protecting
people from terrifying thoughts about their own mortality is _________
(A) Story model
(B) Two factors theory
(C) Terror management theory
(D) Upward social comparison

14. According to Herzberg, which of the following is a maintenance


factor?
(A) Salary
(B) Work itself
(C) Responsibility
(D) Recognition

15. According to Cattell, ____ are the basic units of motivation.


(A) Deficits
(B) Id
(C) Thema
(D) Ergs

16. The notion that-"human behavior is influenced by many cognitive


factors as well as by reinforcements and contingencies; and that
human beings have an impressive capacity to regulate their own
actions" is propounded by ______
(A) Humanistic theory
(B) Social learning theory
(C) Social cognitive theory
(D) Self-regulation theory
17. ___ is a negative reaction to threats to one's personal
freedom.
(A) Narcissistic rage
(B) Singlism
(C) Reactance
(D) Ego-depletion

18. Carl Roger’s conditions of worth are similar to ____ _


(A) Freudian superego
(B) Cattell's dynamic traits
(C) Jung's Archetype of Self
(D) Homey'.s incompatibility of neurotic trends

19. That explains,internal processes of choice among different


behaviors
(A) Goal attainment theory
(B) Equity theory
(C) Expectancy theory
(D) Goal setting theory

20. When people have to work harder, do more work or work faster,
they experience _ _ _ _
(A) Frustration
(B) Uncontrollability
(C) Pressure
(D) Conflict
ANSWER
1.​ B
2.​ C
3.​ D
4.​ C
5.​ D
6.​ C
7.​ B
8.​ B
9.​ B
10.​ C
11.​ B
12.​ C
13.​ C
14.​ A
15.​ D
16.​ D
17.​ C
18.​ A
19.​ C
20.​ C

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