PSYCHOLOGY 3050 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Motivation concerns the conditions responsible for variations in intensity, quality, and _________ of
ongoing behavior.
a. amplitude
b. satisfaction
c. direction
d. learning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. direction
What type of motivational approach placed the emphasis for behavior and directed activity directly on
the environment?
a. Behaviorist approach
b. Instrumental approach
c. Nature approach
d. Environmental approach - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a. behaviorist approach
Which theory proposed that various forces in the psychological environment have valence?
a. Instinct theory
b. Maslow's need theory
c. Field theory
d. Metaphor theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. field theory
What is the basic model for considering the role of motivation in performance?
a. Performance = (Motivation x Ability) + Situational constraints
b. Performance = (Motivation x Ability) - Situational constraints
c. Performance = (Motivation x Situational constraints) + Ability
,d. Performance = (Motivation / Situational constraints) + Ability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b. performance
= (motivation x ability) - situational constraints
Maslow's model fits the person-as-machine metaphor well. Which of the following is false concerning
the model?
a. A person will respond to whatever satisfies the lowest level unfulfilled need.
b. Workers in the same department are assumed to be at the same needs level.
c. The behavior of the individual is unconscious and automatic.
d. An employer needs to know at what need level a worker is operating. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b.
workers in the same
What is a major problem associated with using contingent reinforcement?
a. The approach cannot consistently predict motivation.
b. The approach makes too many assumptions of behavior.
c. The approach has little or no role for any cognitive activity.
d. The approach is not applicable in today's workplace. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. the approach has
little or no role for any cognitive activity
What is the theory called that suggests that tension exists when individuals hold incompatible thoughts?
a. Dissonance theory
b. Equity theory
c. Comparison theory
d. Incompatibility theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a. dissonance theory
The feedback loop in goal setting theory deals with the discrepancy between:
a. Actual goal accomplishment and expected goal accomplishment of peers.
, b. Actual goal accomplishment and the failures the person has experienced.
c. Actual goal accomplishment and the goal to which the person was committed.
d. Actual goal accomplishment and the actual goal accomplishment of peers. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c.
actual goal accomplishment and the goal to which the person was committed
Managers, across all cultures, tend to employ all of the following motivational practices except:
a. Quality improvement interventions
b. Differential distribution of rewards
c. Setting goals and making decisions for employees.
d. Design and redesign of jobs and organizations. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. setting goals and making
decisions for employees
John, in a meeting with his boss, was elated to hear that the president of the company was impressed
with his contribution. However, when he left the meeting and was sitting in his office, John began to
experience feelings of anger. What theory would most support John's circumstances?
a. Nine-factor theory
b. Facet satisfaction theory
c. Dissatisfaction theory
d. Opponent process theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅d. opponent process theory
All of the following are true of the Job Descriptive Index except:
a. It includes a separate overall satisfaction measure.
b. It doesn't provide much information about issues like independence.
c. The actual questionnaire is fairly short.
d. It assesses satisfaction with five distinct areas of work - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. the actual
questionnaire is fairly short
Motivation concerns the conditions responsible for variations in intensity, quality, and _________ of
ongoing behavior.
a. amplitude
b. satisfaction
c. direction
d. learning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. direction
What type of motivational approach placed the emphasis for behavior and directed activity directly on
the environment?
a. Behaviorist approach
b. Instrumental approach
c. Nature approach
d. Environmental approach - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a. behaviorist approach
Which theory proposed that various forces in the psychological environment have valence?
a. Instinct theory
b. Maslow's need theory
c. Field theory
d. Metaphor theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. field theory
What is the basic model for considering the role of motivation in performance?
a. Performance = (Motivation x Ability) + Situational constraints
b. Performance = (Motivation x Ability) - Situational constraints
c. Performance = (Motivation x Situational constraints) + Ability
,d. Performance = (Motivation / Situational constraints) + Ability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b. performance
= (motivation x ability) - situational constraints
Maslow's model fits the person-as-machine metaphor well. Which of the following is false concerning
the model?
a. A person will respond to whatever satisfies the lowest level unfulfilled need.
b. Workers in the same department are assumed to be at the same needs level.
c. The behavior of the individual is unconscious and automatic.
d. An employer needs to know at what need level a worker is operating. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅b.
workers in the same
What is a major problem associated with using contingent reinforcement?
a. The approach cannot consistently predict motivation.
b. The approach makes too many assumptions of behavior.
c. The approach has little or no role for any cognitive activity.
d. The approach is not applicable in today's workplace. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. the approach has
little or no role for any cognitive activity
What is the theory called that suggests that tension exists when individuals hold incompatible thoughts?
a. Dissonance theory
b. Equity theory
c. Comparison theory
d. Incompatibility theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a. dissonance theory
The feedback loop in goal setting theory deals with the discrepancy between:
a. Actual goal accomplishment and expected goal accomplishment of peers.
, b. Actual goal accomplishment and the failures the person has experienced.
c. Actual goal accomplishment and the goal to which the person was committed.
d. Actual goal accomplishment and the actual goal accomplishment of peers. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c.
actual goal accomplishment and the goal to which the person was committed
Managers, across all cultures, tend to employ all of the following motivational practices except:
a. Quality improvement interventions
b. Differential distribution of rewards
c. Setting goals and making decisions for employees.
d. Design and redesign of jobs and organizations. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. setting goals and making
decisions for employees
John, in a meeting with his boss, was elated to hear that the president of the company was impressed
with his contribution. However, when he left the meeting and was sitting in his office, John began to
experience feelings of anger. What theory would most support John's circumstances?
a. Nine-factor theory
b. Facet satisfaction theory
c. Dissatisfaction theory
d. Opponent process theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅d. opponent process theory
All of the following are true of the Job Descriptive Index except:
a. It includes a separate overall satisfaction measure.
b. It doesn't provide much information about issues like independence.
c. The actual questionnaire is fairly short.
d. It assesses satisfaction with five distinct areas of work - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c. the actual
questionnaire is fairly short
