Psychology 120 Exam #3 Purdue
questions with 100% correct answers
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the pursuit of activity because of internal factors - correct answer ✔✔ Intrinsic motivation
the pursuit of an activity because of external factors - correct answer ✔✔ Extrinsic motivation
We are motivated by needs not being met, from the bottom and working upward to self-
actualization - correct answer ✔✔ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
organisms seek to exist in a state of homeostasis within various biological needs - correct
answer ✔✔ Drive theory
those that are biological and innate - correct answer ✔✔ Primary drive
those that are conditioned and learned - correct answer ✔✔ Secondary drive
we are motivated to maintain an optimal level of physiological and psychological arousal -
correct answer ✔✔ Optimal arousal theory
we are motivated by intrinsic goals, and want to feel like we are in control of our destiny -
correct answer ✔✔ Self-determination theory
component of motivation - correct answer ✔✔ Goals
, goals we seek or aspire towards - correct answer ✔✔ Approach goals
goals we want to avoid - correct answer ✔✔ Avoidance goals
performing well in front of others, being judged well - correct answer ✔✔ Performance goals
increasing competence and skills - correct answer ✔✔ Mastery goals
a choice between two appealing activities or goals - correct answer ✔✔ Approach-Approach
Motivational Conflict
choosing between the "lesser of evils" - correct answer ✔✔ Avoidance-Avoidance Motivational
Conflict
choice has both positive and negative outcomes - correct answer ✔✔ Approach-Avoidance
Motivational Conflict
long-standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave
in specific ways - correct answer ✔✔ Personality
a unit of personality; also a characteristic that describes the habitual way of behaving, thinking,
and feeling. - correct answer ✔✔ Trait
tendency to attribute motivations of other more to personality factors than to situational
factors - correct answer ✔✔ Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE)
based on the assumption that the test taker will project unconscious conflicts and motives onto
an ambiguous stimulus - correct answer ✔✔ Projective tests
questions with 100% correct answers
passed
the pursuit of activity because of internal factors - correct answer ✔✔ Intrinsic motivation
the pursuit of an activity because of external factors - correct answer ✔✔ Extrinsic motivation
We are motivated by needs not being met, from the bottom and working upward to self-
actualization - correct answer ✔✔ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
organisms seek to exist in a state of homeostasis within various biological needs - correct
answer ✔✔ Drive theory
those that are biological and innate - correct answer ✔✔ Primary drive
those that are conditioned and learned - correct answer ✔✔ Secondary drive
we are motivated to maintain an optimal level of physiological and psychological arousal -
correct answer ✔✔ Optimal arousal theory
we are motivated by intrinsic goals, and want to feel like we are in control of our destiny -
correct answer ✔✔ Self-determination theory
component of motivation - correct answer ✔✔ Goals
, goals we seek or aspire towards - correct answer ✔✔ Approach goals
goals we want to avoid - correct answer ✔✔ Avoidance goals
performing well in front of others, being judged well - correct answer ✔✔ Performance goals
increasing competence and skills - correct answer ✔✔ Mastery goals
a choice between two appealing activities or goals - correct answer ✔✔ Approach-Approach
Motivational Conflict
choosing between the "lesser of evils" - correct answer ✔✔ Avoidance-Avoidance Motivational
Conflict
choice has both positive and negative outcomes - correct answer ✔✔ Approach-Avoidance
Motivational Conflict
long-standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave
in specific ways - correct answer ✔✔ Personality
a unit of personality; also a characteristic that describes the habitual way of behaving, thinking,
and feeling. - correct answer ✔✔ Trait
tendency to attribute motivations of other more to personality factors than to situational
factors - correct answer ✔✔ Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE)
based on the assumption that the test taker will project unconscious conflicts and motives onto
an ambiguous stimulus - correct answer ✔✔ Projective tests
