11 MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
Multiple-Choice Questions
- Why are motivation and emotion closely linked concepts?
- A) Motives are often accompanied by emotion.
- B) Both involve homeostatic mechanisms.
- C) They are opponent processes.
- D) Emotions are primary motives.
Answer: A
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 360
Style: Conceptual
- Because motivation cannot be directly observed, it must be inferred from
- A) psychophysiology.
- B) emotions.
- C) behaviors.
- D) EEG patterns.
Answer: C
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 360
Style: Factual
- The best definition of emotion would include
- A) feelings, arousal, and behavior.
- B) sensations and cognitions.
- C) environmental changes and subjectivity.
- D) homeostasis and primary motives.
Answer: A
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 360
Style: Factual
- How are motivation and emotion similar?
- A) They both develop incentives.
- B) They both satisfy needs.
- C) They both activate behavior.
- D) They both regulate homeostasis.
Answer: C
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 360
Style: Conceptual
- Motivation concerns the ______ state that activates and gives direction to thought.
- A) internal
- B) external
- C) neutral
- D) extrinsic
Answer: A
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 360
Style: Factual
- The definition of emotion includes both ______ and ______ feelings that are accompanied by arousal and behavior.
- A) intrinsic; extrinsic
- B) positive; negative
- C) past; future
- D) internal; external
Answer: B
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 360
Style: Factual
- Which of the following is considered a primary motive?
- A) praise
- B) satisfaction
- C) food
- D) money
Answer: C
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 360
Style: Factual
- Primary motives are important because if we do not satisfy these motives, we
- A) have low self-esteem.
- B) are dissatisfied.
- C) are lonely.
- D) die.
Answer: D
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 360
Style: Factual
- What is the direct role of homeostatic mechanisms?
- A) to maintain a balance of the body’s essential needs
- B) to minimize pain and maximize pleasure
- C) to seek daring sensations and to avoid danger
- D) to avoid danger and seek out safety
Answer: A
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 361
Style: Factual
- Internal mechanisms of the body that regulate essential life elements are known as
- A) homeostatic mechanisms.
- B) primary drives.
- C) secondary drives.
- D) maintenance mechanisms.
Answer: A
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 361
Style: Factual
- Human body temperature fluctuates around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. The body maintains this temperature through a process called
- A) primary motivation.
- B) drive reduction.
- C) homeostasis.
- D) optimal arousal.
Answer: C
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 361
Style: Conceptual
- The reason that the sex motive is considered a primary motive is that
- A) sex is primarily instinctual rather than learned.
- B) the sex drive is not a biologically regulated mechanism.
- C) sex is not a bodily need necessary for personal health.
- D) sex is essential for the survival of the species.
Answer: D
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 376
Style: Factual
- What do hunger, thirst, and temperature regulation have in common?
- A) They are controlled by the thalamus.
- B) They are under homeostatic control.
- C) They are understood by the Yerkes-Dodson law.
- D) They are not self-regulating.
Answer: B
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 361
Style: Conceptual
- Which of the following is a primary motive?
- A) sex
- B) acceptance
- C) love
- D) achievement
Answer: A
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 376
Style: Factual
- If the feeding center in a rat’s hypothalamus is destroyed, what will happen to the rat’s behavior?
- A) The rat will continue to eat normally.
- B) The rat will crave fat laden foods.
- C) The rat will stop eating.
- D) The rat will overeat to obesity.
Answer: C
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 362
Style: Conceptual
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