Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Real World Psychology
Chapter Number: Chapter 10
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1) According to your text, motivation is defined as .
a) the set of factors that activate, direct, and maintain behavior toward a goal
b) the physiological and psychological arousal that occurs when a person really wants to achieve a goal
c) what makes you do what you do
d) the conscious and unconscious thoughts that focus a person’s behaviors and emotions toward a goal
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
2) According to your textbook, motivation behavior and emotion .
a) directs; energizes it
b) energizes and directs; is the feeling response
c) follows; precedes it
d) precedes; directs it
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
,Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
3) Assume that you want to perform well on this test, but you feel anxious about your ability to do so.
In this case, your desire to perform well is related to your state, while your anxiety is related to
your state.
a) conscious; unconscious
b) unconscious; conscious
c) motivational; emotional
d) emotional; motivational
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
1.3 Describe applications of psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
,4) A behavior pattern that is unlearned, always expressed in the same way, and universal within a
species is called a(n) .
a) plan
b) reflex
c) instinct
d) routine
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
5) Based on instinct theory, which one of the following is true? :
a) The number of instincts is impossibly large.
b) Instincts provide logical explanations for behavior.
c) Instincts are shown only in nonhuman species.
d) Instincts lead to scientific explanations of behavior.
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
, 6) In recent times, the case for instincts in humans has been supported by .
a) incentive theorists
b) behaviorists
c) sociobiologists
d) psychoanalysts
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
7) Sociobiologists emphasized that is/are inborn and a genetic factor in motivation.
a) aggression
b) competition
c) instincts
d) cooperation
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Course Title: Real World Psychology
Chapter Number: Chapter 10
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1) According to your text, motivation is defined as .
a) the set of factors that activate, direct, and maintain behavior toward a goal
b) the physiological and psychological arousal that occurs when a person really wants to achieve a goal
c) what makes you do what you do
d) the conscious and unconscious thoughts that focus a person’s behaviors and emotions toward a goal
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
2) According to your textbook, motivation behavior and emotion .
a) directs; energizes it
b) energizes and directs; is the feeling response
c) follows; precedes it
d) precedes; directs it
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
,Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
3) Assume that you want to perform well on this test, but you feel anxious about your ability to do so.
In this case, your desire to perform well is related to your state, while your anxiety is related to
your state.
a) conscious; unconscious
b) unconscious; conscious
c) motivational; emotional
d) emotional; motivational
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
1.3 Describe applications of psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
,4) A behavior pattern that is unlearned, always expressed in the same way, and universal within a
species is called a(n) .
a) plan
b) reflex
c) instinct
d) routine
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
5) Based on instinct theory, which one of the following is true? :
a) The number of instincts is impossibly large.
b) Instincts provide logical explanations for behavior.
c) Instincts are shown only in nonhuman species.
d) Instincts lead to scientific explanations of behavior.
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking
2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving
, 6) In recent times, the case for instincts in humans has been supported by .
a) incentive theorists
b) behaviorists
c) sociobiologists
d) psychoanalysts
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
7) Sociobiologists emphasized that is/are inborn and a genetic factor in motivation.
a) aggression
b) competition
c) instincts
d) cooperation
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Theories of Motivation
Learning Objective 10: 1.1: Describe biological, psychological, and biopsychosocial theories of
motivation.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
