Psychology Homework. Question 1
1.
The study of motivation is an attempt to understand _____ a behavior occurs.
Answer
| A. | why | |
| B. | how | |
| C. | when | |
| D. | all of these |
2 points
Question 2
1.
Psychologists define hypothetical states that activate behavior and propel one towards goals as
Answer
| A. | needs | |
| B. | motives | |
| C. | drives | |
| D. | incentives |
2 points
Question 3
1.
The study of motivation is complex because it cannot be directly observed, only
Answer
| A. | inferred from behavior | |
| B. | compared with other behavioral forces | |
| C. | assumed to exist | |
| D. | subjectively viewed |
2 points
Question 4
1.
Motives can take the form of
Answer
| A. | needs, drive, and incentives | |
| B. | requirements, desires, and impulses | |
| C. | stimuli, events, and actions | |
| D. | both a and b |
2 points
Question 5
1.
Examples of physiological needs are
Answer
| A. | oxygen, food, water, and proper temperature | |
| B. | love, esteem, and finances | |
| C. | waste elimination | |
| D. | both a and c |
2 points
Question 6
1.
Needs can be described as
Answer
| A. | physiological and psychological | |
| B. | physiological and biological | |
| C. | psychological and spiritual | |
| D. | permanent states |
2 points
Question 7
1.
Physiological needs must be met
Answer
| A. | by caretakers | |
| B. | by the environment | |
| C. | in order to be happy | |
| D. | in order to survive |
2 points
Question 8
1.
Good grades serve as a(n) _______________ for studying.
Answer
| A. | incentive | |
| B. | drive | |
| C. | stimulus | |
| D. | requirement |
2 points
Question 9
1.
____________ will lead to higher or greater levels of drive.
Answer
| A. | Basic needs | |
| B. | Environmental conditions | |
| C. | Deprivation | |
| D. | Need gratification |
2 points
Question 10
1.
Instinctual behavior is indicative of
Answer
| A. | unlearned responses | |
| B. | genetically transmitted behaviors | |
| C. | species-specific responses | |
| D. | all of these |
2 points
Question 11
1.
The individual responsible for describing the drive-reduction theory was
Answer
| A. | Sigmund Freud | |
| B. | William James | |
| C. | Richard Solomon | |
| D. | Clark Hull |
2 points
Question 12
1.
Drive reduction theory defines hunger, pain, and thirst as
Answer
| A. | primary drives | |
| B. | instincts | |
| C. | secondary drives | |
| D. | acquired motives |
2 points
Question 13
1.
The concept of _________________ describes the body’s tendency to maintain a steady state or to act to restore balance in response to deprivation.
Answer
| A. | hunger | |
| B. | acquired drives | |
| C. | homeostasis | |
| D. | releasers |
2 points
Question 14
1.
According to Maslow’s __________ theory, humans are motivated by drives for personal growth.
Answer
| A. | behavioral | |
| B. | psychoanalytic | |
| C. | humanistic | |
| D. | Freudian |
2 points
Question 15
1.
According to Maslow, individuals would not be motivated to satisfy their ________ needs until their _____ needs are met.
Answer
| A. | physical; psychological | |
| B. | psychological, physical | |
| C. | physical; actualization | |
| D. | primary; acquired |
2 points
Question 16
1.
A homeless individual motivated to seek shelter at a church to escape the rain is satifying ______________ according to Maslow’s hierarchy.
Answer
| A. | physiological needs | |
| B. | esteem needs | |
| C. | safety needs | |
| D. | physiological and safety needs |
2 points
Question 17
1.
According to the cognitive perspective of motivation, people
Answer
| A. | do what they think about | |
| B. | try to eliminate discrepancies in information | |
| C. | hold inconsistent beliefs | |
| D. | are more likely to appreciate things that come easy to them |
2 points
Question 18
1.
In the classic “sham feeding” experiments with dogs, what occurred?
Answer
| A. | The dogs received no signals of satiety from chewing and swallowing | |
| B. | The food reached the dogs’ stomachs, and they stopped eating | |
| C. | Even though no food reached their stomachs, the dogs stopping feeding after a while, and resumed feeding sooner than dogs whose food reached their stomachs | |
| D. | The dogs stopped feeding after a while, and did not eat as soon as dogs whose food reached their stomachs |
2 points
Question 19
1.
Satiety refers to
Answer
| A. | satisfaction with the amount of food eaten | |
| B. | tension reduction | |
| C. | being well rested | |
| D. | being in a state of balance |
2 points
Question 20
1.
If the ventromedial nucleus (VMN) of a rat’s brain is destroyed, the rat
Answer
| A. | becomes hyperphagic and continues to eat until it has doubled its normal weight | |
| B. | become aphagic and stops eating altogether | |
| C. | becomes hypophagic and continues to eat until it has doubled its normal weight | |
| D. | becomes aphagic and eats until is has doubled its weight |
2 points
Question 21
1.
The hypothalamus plays a key role in hunger regulation in that it is a brain center that
Answer
| A. | drops the sugar level of the blood | |
| B. | launches the conversion of glycogen into glucose | |
| C. | regulates the pleasure in eating | |
| D. | signals hunger and satiety |
2 points
Question 22
1.
Biological factors in hunger include
Answer
| A. | stomach contractions | |
| B. | blood sugar level | |
| C. | the hypothalamus | |
| D. | all of these |
2 points
Question 23
1.
Eating because you are bored, depressed, or socializing demonstrates the role of _____ in regulating the hunger drive.
Answer
| A. | learned behavior | |
| B. | psychological factors | |
| C. | external incentives | |
| D. | all of these |
2 points
Question 24
1.
Which of the following is true about obesity?
Answer
| A. | 1 out of 3 adult Americans are obese | |
| B. | Less than one half of African American women over the age of 40 are obese | |
| C. | Problems with unhealthy weight gain in the United States has been decreasing | |
| D. | About 1 million Americans die each year because of health problems related to obesity. |
2 points
Question 25
1.
Dieting results in a(n)_________ of the metabolic rate.
Answer
| A. | slowing | |
| B. | speeding | |
| C. | increase | |
| D. | leveling |
