PSY 200 NVCC ACTUAL STUDY EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the drive reduction theory? - ✔✔need energizes our drive to do something
into an aroused state, fulfilling that drive calms us down
✔✔How does hedonic principle explain motivation? - ✔✔People are more motivated to
experience pleasure than pain
✔✔What is self-actualization? - ✔✔the process by which people achieve their full
potential
✔✔Why do we feel hungry? - ✔✔homeostatic system designed to maintain normal body
weight and adequate nutrient supply, stomach contractions
✔✔What part of the brain plays a role in enhancing or suppressing appetite? - ✔✔the
hypothalamus
✔✔· Which hormones are involved in sexual motivation? - ✔✔testosterone, estrogen,
progesterone, oxytocin, and vasopressin.
✔✔What is the need for achievement (achievement motivation)? - ✔✔an individual's
desire for significant accomplishment, mastering of skills, control, or high standards
✔✔What is unconscious motivation - ✔✔motivations of which people are not aware
✔✔What is intrinsic motivation - ✔✔a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own
sake. : You try to do your best at work because your tasks and mission provide
fulfillment and satisfaction, regardless of extrinsic factors such as pay and benefits.
✔✔What is extrinsic motivation? - ✔✔motivation by external factors or rewards
, ✔✔What is terror management theory? - ✔✔a theory of death-related anxiety; explores
people's emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of their impending death
✔✔What are concepts? - ✔✔a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or
people
✔✔What is a prototype? - ✔✔a mental image or best example of a category
✔✔What is exemplar theory? - ✔✔compare new instances with stored memories for
other instances
✔✔What is availability bias? - ✔✔items that are more readily available in memory are
judged as having occurred more frequently
✔✔What is the conjunction fallacy? - ✔✔when people think that two events are more
likely to occur together than either individual event. (also known as the Linda problem)
✔✔What is the representativeness heuristic? - ✔✔when you look for a representative
prototype and use that to make decisions/inferences
✔✔What are framing effects? - ✔✔Changes in the way information is perceived as a
result of the way in which the information was presented (e.g. framing a decision to
emphasize either the potential LOSSES or the potential GAINS of a decision
alternative)
✔✔What is prospect theory? - ✔✔people choose to take on risk when evaluating
potential losses and avoid risks when evaluating potential gains
✔✔· What is developmental psychology? - ✔✔a branch of psychology that studies
physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
✔✔What is a zygote? - ✔✔fertilized egg
✔✔What are teratogens? - ✔✔substances that cause birth defects
✔✔What is the cephalocaudal principle? - ✔✔the "top-to-bottom" rule that describes the
tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from the head to the feet
✔✔proximodistal principle - ✔✔the principle that development proceeds from the center
of the body outward
✔✔What is cognitive development? - ✔✔the development of thinking, problem solving,
and memory
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the drive reduction theory? - ✔✔need energizes our drive to do something
into an aroused state, fulfilling that drive calms us down
✔✔How does hedonic principle explain motivation? - ✔✔People are more motivated to
experience pleasure than pain
✔✔What is self-actualization? - ✔✔the process by which people achieve their full
potential
✔✔Why do we feel hungry? - ✔✔homeostatic system designed to maintain normal body
weight and adequate nutrient supply, stomach contractions
✔✔What part of the brain plays a role in enhancing or suppressing appetite? - ✔✔the
hypothalamus
✔✔· Which hormones are involved in sexual motivation? - ✔✔testosterone, estrogen,
progesterone, oxytocin, and vasopressin.
✔✔What is the need for achievement (achievement motivation)? - ✔✔an individual's
desire for significant accomplishment, mastering of skills, control, or high standards
✔✔What is unconscious motivation - ✔✔motivations of which people are not aware
✔✔What is intrinsic motivation - ✔✔a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own
sake. : You try to do your best at work because your tasks and mission provide
fulfillment and satisfaction, regardless of extrinsic factors such as pay and benefits.
✔✔What is extrinsic motivation? - ✔✔motivation by external factors or rewards
, ✔✔What is terror management theory? - ✔✔a theory of death-related anxiety; explores
people's emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of their impending death
✔✔What are concepts? - ✔✔a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or
people
✔✔What is a prototype? - ✔✔a mental image or best example of a category
✔✔What is exemplar theory? - ✔✔compare new instances with stored memories for
other instances
✔✔What is availability bias? - ✔✔items that are more readily available in memory are
judged as having occurred more frequently
✔✔What is the conjunction fallacy? - ✔✔when people think that two events are more
likely to occur together than either individual event. (also known as the Linda problem)
✔✔What is the representativeness heuristic? - ✔✔when you look for a representative
prototype and use that to make decisions/inferences
✔✔What are framing effects? - ✔✔Changes in the way information is perceived as a
result of the way in which the information was presented (e.g. framing a decision to
emphasize either the potential LOSSES or the potential GAINS of a decision
alternative)
✔✔What is prospect theory? - ✔✔people choose to take on risk when evaluating
potential losses and avoid risks when evaluating potential gains
✔✔· What is developmental psychology? - ✔✔a branch of psychology that studies
physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
✔✔What is a zygote? - ✔✔fertilized egg
✔✔What are teratogens? - ✔✔substances that cause birth defects
✔✔What is the cephalocaudal principle? - ✔✔the "top-to-bottom" rule that describes the
tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from the head to the feet
✔✔proximodistal principle - ✔✔the principle that development proceeds from the center
of the body outward
✔✔What is cognitive development? - ✔✔the development of thinking, problem solving,
and memory
