Motivation Final Exam 2023 Questions and Answers
Graded A+
One of the most important features of the human brain is the ability to
a. use language effectively.
b. be self-aware.
c. believe in oneself.
d. anticipate the future.
d. anticipate the future.
Without a prefrontal lobe, humans would live in a permanent
a. present.
b. past.
c. future.
d. pain-free world.
a. present.
A(n) ________ is a cognitive representation of a future outcome that the
individual is committed to approach or avoid.
a. schema
b. goal
c. notion
d. inkling
b. goal
The underlying processes that provide energy and direction for behavior is called
a. motivation.
b. initiation.
c. intensity.
d. persistence.
a. motivation.
In the three-step process to achieving a goal, the third step involves
a. choosing a particular goal.
b. developing a plan of action.
c. achieving that goal.
d. initiating and persisting goal-directed action.
d. initiating and persisting goal-directed action.
In Plato's tripartite theory, appetitive desires include
a. wisdom, truth, and logic.
b. sex, hunger, and thirst.
c. honor, victory, and envy.
d. wisdom, truth, and honor.
b. sex, hunger, and thirst.
The _______ were a school of philosophers who believed that emotions are a
destructive motivational force.
a. ancient Greeks
b. ancient Romans
, c. Stoics
d. Stokes
c. Stoics
Augustine disagreed with the Stoics' perception of emotions; Augustine argued
that
a. all emotions are a choice or will.
b. all emotions should be condemned.
c. emotions are inherently good or bad.
d. emotions arose from the body and could affect the mind.
a. all emotions are a choice or will.
Aquinas identified _____________ passions as the lustful passions that reflect
basic desires to pursue good things and avoid bad things; _____________
passions are the irritable passions that occur whenever some obstacles blocks
the other passions.
concupiscible; irascible
Descartes created the first systematic account of _____________, which states
that the mind is a nonphysical entity that is uniquely different from the body.
a. motivational theory
b. mind-body dualism
c. rational-passion dualism
d. hyperphysical phenomenon
b. mind-body dualism
___________ represent(s) an innate predisposition to approach or avoid a
particular outcome.
a. Determinism
b. Drives
c. Instincts
d. Volitions
a. Determinism
McDougall believed that instincts influence our ___________ by selectively
focusing our attention toward particular objects.
a. motivation
b. cognitions
c. behavior
d. emotions
b. cognitions
The concept of ___________ replaced that of instinct, and was defined as a form
of arousal or energy that arises whenever a biological need is deprived.
a. drive
b. motivation
c. incentives
d. cognitions
a. drive
Freud proposed three types of drives that motivate behavior. These types include
the
a. life drive, death drive, and survival drive.
Graded A+
One of the most important features of the human brain is the ability to
a. use language effectively.
b. be self-aware.
c. believe in oneself.
d. anticipate the future.
d. anticipate the future.
Without a prefrontal lobe, humans would live in a permanent
a. present.
b. past.
c. future.
d. pain-free world.
a. present.
A(n) ________ is a cognitive representation of a future outcome that the
individual is committed to approach or avoid.
a. schema
b. goal
c. notion
d. inkling
b. goal
The underlying processes that provide energy and direction for behavior is called
a. motivation.
b. initiation.
c. intensity.
d. persistence.
a. motivation.
In the three-step process to achieving a goal, the third step involves
a. choosing a particular goal.
b. developing a plan of action.
c. achieving that goal.
d. initiating and persisting goal-directed action.
d. initiating and persisting goal-directed action.
In Plato's tripartite theory, appetitive desires include
a. wisdom, truth, and logic.
b. sex, hunger, and thirst.
c. honor, victory, and envy.
d. wisdom, truth, and honor.
b. sex, hunger, and thirst.
The _______ were a school of philosophers who believed that emotions are a
destructive motivational force.
a. ancient Greeks
b. ancient Romans
, c. Stoics
d. Stokes
c. Stoics
Augustine disagreed with the Stoics' perception of emotions; Augustine argued
that
a. all emotions are a choice or will.
b. all emotions should be condemned.
c. emotions are inherently good or bad.
d. emotions arose from the body and could affect the mind.
a. all emotions are a choice or will.
Aquinas identified _____________ passions as the lustful passions that reflect
basic desires to pursue good things and avoid bad things; _____________
passions are the irritable passions that occur whenever some obstacles blocks
the other passions.
concupiscible; irascible
Descartes created the first systematic account of _____________, which states
that the mind is a nonphysical entity that is uniquely different from the body.
a. motivational theory
b. mind-body dualism
c. rational-passion dualism
d. hyperphysical phenomenon
b. mind-body dualism
___________ represent(s) an innate predisposition to approach or avoid a
particular outcome.
a. Determinism
b. Drives
c. Instincts
d. Volitions
a. Determinism
McDougall believed that instincts influence our ___________ by selectively
focusing our attention toward particular objects.
a. motivation
b. cognitions
c. behavior
d. emotions
b. cognitions
The concept of ___________ replaced that of instinct, and was defined as a form
of arousal or energy that arises whenever a biological need is deprived.
a. drive
b. motivation
c. incentives
d. cognitions
a. drive
Freud proposed three types of drives that motivate behavior. These types include
the
a. life drive, death drive, and survival drive.
