PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY UPDATED ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS (2026)
●● extrinsic motivation
Answer: type of motivation in which a person performs an action
because it leads to an outcome that is separate from or external to the
person.
●● intrinsic motivation
Answer: type of motivation in which a person performs an action
because the act itself is rewarding or satisfying in some internal manner.
●● instincts
Answer: the biologically determined and innate patterns of behavior that
exist in both people and animals.
●● instinct approach
Answer: approach to motivation that assumes people are governed by
insticts similar to those of animals.
●● need
,Answer: a requirement of some material (such as food or water) that is
essential for survival of the organism
●● drive
Answer: a psychological tension and physical arousal arising when there
is a need that motivates the organism to act in order to fulfill the need
and reduce the tension
●● drive-reduction theory
Answer: approach to motivation that assumes behavior arises from
physiological needs that cause internal drives to push the organism to
satisfy the need and reduce tension and arousal
●● primary drives
Answer: those drives that involve needs of the body such as hunger and
thirst
●● acquired (secondary) drives
Answer: those drives that are learned through experience or
conditioning, such as the need for money or social approval
●● homeostasis
Answer: the tendency of the body to maintain a steady state
, ●● stimulus motive
Answer: a motive that appears to be unlearned but causes an increase in
stimulation, such as curiosity
●● arousal theory
Answer: theory of motivation in which people are said to have an
optimal (best or ideal) level of tension that they seek to maintain by
increasing or decreasing stimulation
●● Yerkes-Dodson law
Answer: law stating performance is related to arousal; moderate levels
or arousal lead to better performance than do levels of arousal that are
too low or too high. This effect varies with the difficulty of the task:
Easy tasks require a high-moderate level whereas more difficult tasks
require a low-moderate level
●● incentives
Answer: things that attract or lure people into action
●● incentive approaches
Answer: theories of motivation in which behavior is explained as a
response to the external stimulus and its rewarding properties
●● self-actualization
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS (2026)
●● extrinsic motivation
Answer: type of motivation in which a person performs an action
because it leads to an outcome that is separate from or external to the
person.
●● intrinsic motivation
Answer: type of motivation in which a person performs an action
because the act itself is rewarding or satisfying in some internal manner.
●● instincts
Answer: the biologically determined and innate patterns of behavior that
exist in both people and animals.
●● instinct approach
Answer: approach to motivation that assumes people are governed by
insticts similar to those of animals.
●● need
,Answer: a requirement of some material (such as food or water) that is
essential for survival of the organism
●● drive
Answer: a psychological tension and physical arousal arising when there
is a need that motivates the organism to act in order to fulfill the need
and reduce the tension
●● drive-reduction theory
Answer: approach to motivation that assumes behavior arises from
physiological needs that cause internal drives to push the organism to
satisfy the need and reduce tension and arousal
●● primary drives
Answer: those drives that involve needs of the body such as hunger and
thirst
●● acquired (secondary) drives
Answer: those drives that are learned through experience or
conditioning, such as the need for money or social approval
●● homeostasis
Answer: the tendency of the body to maintain a steady state
, ●● stimulus motive
Answer: a motive that appears to be unlearned but causes an increase in
stimulation, such as curiosity
●● arousal theory
Answer: theory of motivation in which people are said to have an
optimal (best or ideal) level of tension that they seek to maintain by
increasing or decreasing stimulation
●● Yerkes-Dodson law
Answer: law stating performance is related to arousal; moderate levels
or arousal lead to better performance than do levels of arousal that are
too low or too high. This effect varies with the difficulty of the task:
Easy tasks require a high-moderate level whereas more difficult tasks
require a low-moderate level
●● incentives
Answer: things that attract or lure people into action
●● incentive approaches
Answer: theories of motivation in which behavior is explained as a
response to the external stimulus and its rewarding properties
●● self-actualization
