Motivation Theory Research And Application, International Edition, 6th Edition By Herbert L – Test Bank

CHAPTER 12 – Test Bank

The Emotions as Motivators

[Note: After each question, the correct answer, the textbook page from which it comes, and the question type is provided.]

1. Originally the word emotion meant:
a. to be motivated
b. to feel
c. to touch
d. to move
[d 353 factual]

2. Darwin’s principle which states that opposite emotions result in the expression of opposite types of behavior is known as the principle of:
a. serviceable associated habits
b. direct action
c. antithesis
d. balanced emotions
[c 355 factual]

3. According to Darwin, _____ were learned behaviors that became innate because of their usefulness.
a. social facilitation
b. serviceable associated habits
c. direct action on the nervous system
d. inherited actions
[b 355 factual]

4. Prior to William James’s 1884 article on emotion, the arousal of behavior was viewed as the last of a three step process as follows:
a. perception of a stimulus, cognitive analysis of that stimulus, arousal of behavior
b. reception of a stimulus, perception of the stimulus, arousal of behavior
c. perception of a stimulus, development of an emotion, arousal of behavior
d. reception of a stimulus, focus of attention on the stimulus, arousal of behavior
[c 356 factual]

5. According to the James-Lange theory:
a. emotion is a result of our bodily responses to a stimulus.
b. emotion is a direct result of an external stimulus.
c. emotion can occur without a prior stimulus.
d. emotion is not a factor in the arousal of behavior.
[a 356 factual]

6. The _____ theory of emotion suggested that emotion occurred as a result of our bodily responses to an object.
a. Cannon-Bard
b. Schachter Cognitive-Physiological
c. James-Lange
d. Bandura-Ekman
[c 356 factual]

7. Which of the following was NOT one of W. B. Cannon’s criticisms of the James-Lange theory of emotion?
a. changes occurring in the internal organs are too slow to provide the experience of emotion.
b. bodily changes are very different depending upon the emotion shown.
c. bodily changes could be eliminated without disturbing the emotions of an organism.
d. artificial induction of an aroused emotional state does not lead to an emotional “feeling”.
[b 357 conceptual]

8. Which portion of the autonomic nervous system is most active when energy stores of the body are being expended?
a. parasympathetic
b. central
c. peripheral
d. sympathetic
[d 358 factual]

9. The _____ nervous system is most active when the body is in the process of storing energy for future use.
a. sympathetic
b. somatic
c. parasympathetic
d. automatic
[a 358 factual]

10. Cannon believed that emotion was associated with activation of which portion(s) of the nervous system?
a. both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems
b. the parasympathetic nervous system, alone
c. the cerebellum
d. the sympathetic nervous system, alone
[d 358 factual]