Spy 120 Exam 1 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% ANSWERS
Motivation - The set of factors that initiate and direct behavior
Sources of motivation - Biological factors, emotional factors, cognitive factors, social factors
Biological Factors - Hunger, thirst, and temperature regulation that may drive our behaviors
Emotional Factors - Happy, angry, scared, it may change the behaviors you engage in
Cognitive Factors - What we believe about our own abilities affect how we behave
Instinct - A view that explains human behavior as motivated by automatic, involuntary and unlearned
responses
Fixed Action Pattern - Innate biological force that predisposes an organism to behave in a fixed way in
the presence of a specific environmental condition
Drive - A psychological state that arises in response to an internal physiological need
Homeostasis - The tendency for organisms to keep their physiological systems at a stable, steady
level by constantly adjusting themselves in response to change
Drive Reduction Theory - Drive reduction to restore equilibrium
Arousal - A general level of activation that is reflected in several physiological systems
Incentive - A theory of motivation stating that behavior is directed toward attaining desirable stimuli
and avoiding unwanted stimuli
Achievement - An internal drive or need for achievement that is possessed by all individuals to
varying degrees
, Intrinsic Motivation - Goal-directed behavior that seems to be entirely self-motivated
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (top to bottom) - Self-actualization
Esteem needs
Belonginess and Love needs
Safety needs
Physiological needs
Emotions - Complex psychological events with several distinct components
Body Response(arousal) - Increased blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, respiration
Expressive Reaction - Facial expression, acting out
Subjective Experience - Feeling of happiness, anger, fear, etc.
Characteristics of Emotions(vs. Mood) - -Temporary
-Positive or negative
-Triggered by your thoughts
-Alter thought process
-Trigger action tendency
-Passions that happen to you
Limbic System (amygdala) - Responsible for how we process the emotions of other people
Cerebral Cortex - Right side- emotional processing
Facial Feedback Hypothesis - The proposal that muscles in the face deliver signals to the brain that
are often interpreted- depending on the pattern- as a subjective emotional state
Motivation - The set of factors that initiate and direct behavior
Sources of motivation - Biological factors, emotional factors, cognitive factors, social factors
Biological Factors - Hunger, thirst, and temperature regulation that may drive our behaviors
Emotional Factors - Happy, angry, scared, it may change the behaviors you engage in
Cognitive Factors - What we believe about our own abilities affect how we behave
Instinct - A view that explains human behavior as motivated by automatic, involuntary and unlearned
responses
Fixed Action Pattern - Innate biological force that predisposes an organism to behave in a fixed way in
the presence of a specific environmental condition
Drive - A psychological state that arises in response to an internal physiological need
Homeostasis - The tendency for organisms to keep their physiological systems at a stable, steady
level by constantly adjusting themselves in response to change
Drive Reduction Theory - Drive reduction to restore equilibrium
Arousal - A general level of activation that is reflected in several physiological systems
Incentive - A theory of motivation stating that behavior is directed toward attaining desirable stimuli
and avoiding unwanted stimuli
Achievement - An internal drive or need for achievement that is possessed by all individuals to
varying degrees
, Intrinsic Motivation - Goal-directed behavior that seems to be entirely self-motivated
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (top to bottom) - Self-actualization
Esteem needs
Belonginess and Love needs
Safety needs
Physiological needs
Emotions - Complex psychological events with several distinct components
Body Response(arousal) - Increased blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, respiration
Expressive Reaction - Facial expression, acting out
Subjective Experience - Feeling of happiness, anger, fear, etc.
Characteristics of Emotions(vs. Mood) - -Temporary
-Positive or negative
-Triggered by your thoughts
-Alter thought process
-Trigger action tendency
-Passions that happen to you
Limbic System (amygdala) - Responsible for how we process the emotions of other people
Cerebral Cortex - Right side- emotional processing
Facial Feedback Hypothesis - The proposal that muscles in the face deliver signals to the brain that
are often interpreted- depending on the pattern- as a subjective emotional state
