Motivation and Emotion Practice Test Questions and Answers

Motivation and Emotion Practice Test Questions and Answers Identify the type of need described here: an acquired psychological process that develops out of one's socialization history and activates emotional responses to a need- relevant incentive. - ANSWER social needs Identify the type of need described here: It is inferred from a person's characteristic thought, emotions, and behavior. - ANSWER implicit needs Identify the type of need described here: an innate psychological process that underlies the desire to seek out interactions with the environment to gain experiences that promote psychological growth, vitality, and well-being. - ANSWER psychological needs According to McClelland, Koestner, and Weinberger (1989), the best predictor of people's behavior is a(n) motive. - ANSWER implicit Which of the following are not acquired needs according to the text? - ANSWER autonomy needs Which of the following statements best summarizes the conclusions revealed by investigating the childrearing antecedents of social needs such as achievement of power? - ANSWER (d) Few childrearing experiences explain adults' social needs because social needs change over time as one's adult life experiences (e.g., occupation) change. are acquired emotional and behavioral potentials to act that are activated by particular situational incentives. - ANSWER social needs On average, people show when they face a standard of excellence, such as trying to become class valedictorian. - ANSWER both positive and negative emotions Atkinson conceptualized the as a force within the person to prefer and to seek out achievement situations, and the as a force within the person to escape from (or be anxious about) achievement situations. - ANSWER (b) Ms; Maf The environmental incentive that activates the emotional and behavioral potential of the social need for achievement is: - ANSWER having an impact on others The environmental incentive that activates the emotional and behavioral potential of the social need for affiliation is: - ANSWER pleasing others and gaining their approval. The environmental incentive that activates the emotional and behavioral potential of the social need for intimacy is: - ANSWER (d) having a warm, secure relationship. The environmental incentive that activates the emotional and behavioral potential of the social need for power is: - ANSWER Pleasing others and gaining their approval. When presented with a , people generally experience not only positive emotions like hope that energize their approach behavior but also negative emotions like anxiety that energize their avoidance behavior. - ANSWER (d) standard of excellence The impetus (desire) to do well relative to a standard of excellence for an achievement- oriented individual involves: - ANSWER (d) all of the above The arousal of the need for achievement readies the individual to: - ANSWER (d) pursue entrepreneurial behaviors In Atkinson's formula to predict achievement-related behavior (Ts = Ms x Ps x Is), Ms represents: - ANSWER all of the above In the dynamics-of-action model, which of the following is a synonym for inhibition? - ANSWER Taf The dynamics-of-action model attempts to predict a person's latency to engage in an achievement-related activity. When , the individual engages in achievement- related behavior the quickest. That is, the person's latency is very low, and they get right to work. - ANSWER (b) Maf Ms The dynamics-of-action model attempts to predict a person's latency to engage in an achievement-related activity. When , the individual engages in achievement- related behavior the slowest. That is, the person's latency is very high and he or she procrastinates. - ANSWER Maf Ms According to the dynamics-of-action model, conditions that involve and satisfy the implicit achievement motive are: - ANSWER (c) entrepreneurship. Which of the following is not an environmental condition that functions to involve and satisfy the need for achievement? - ANSWER success feedback restoring relationships with others, mostly to escape from and to avoid negative emotions such as disapproval and loneliness. - ANSWER affiliation hold little threat of rejection. - ANSWER intimacy According to the dynamics-of-action model, achievement behavior eventually ends because: - ANSWER once achievement behavior begins, it tends to consume itself. Researchers argue for the importance of four additional acquired needs; which of the following responses is not one of the four needs: - ANSWER (d) the need for certainty orientation