Learning and motivation final exam 2023/ 82
Questions and Answers/ Verified/ Graded A+
Motivation - -Any internal process that gives behavior its energy, direction, and
persistence
-emotion - -the feeling that is produced in response to life experiences
-Theory - -well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
-Needs - -things that are required in order to live
-What is the difference between motivation and emotion - -motivation may consist of
emotion, but it also involves other things like cognition and needs
-What are the three internal processes that make up internal motivation? - -Emotion,
cognition, and needs
-Three components of motivation: - -energy, direction, persistence
-What are the two main questions that motivational science seeks to answer? - -What
causes behavior?
Why does behavior vary in intensity?
-What are five ways we can measure motivation? - -Behavior, engagement, psycho-
physiology, brain activations, self-report
-How to observe motivation by behavior? - -Effort, persistence, latency, choice,
probability of response, facial expressions, bodily gestures
-Are we always conscious of our motivations? - -No
, -what is will - -
-instinct - -a behavior that an organism inherits
-What is a drive? - -motivational (aroused) states that result from physiological needs
-Freud's Drive Theory - -development is motivated by innate drives
-incentive - -a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior
-What is arousal? - -general activation level of the body and brain
-discrepancy - -a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts
-The First Grand Theory - -Will
-Second Grand Theory - -instinct
-Third Grand Theory - -Drive
-Ancient philosophers distinguished between the body and what? - -the will
-In Freud's drive theory, humans have a drive to do what? - -Resolve bodily defects
-Which historical figure actively promoted the "will" as a grand theory to explain
motivation? - -René Descartes
-Charles Darwin's biological determinism and the study of animal's inherited behavior
gave rise to which motivational concept? - -Instinct
Questions and Answers/ Verified/ Graded A+
Motivation - -Any internal process that gives behavior its energy, direction, and
persistence
-emotion - -the feeling that is produced in response to life experiences
-Theory - -well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
-Needs - -things that are required in order to live
-What is the difference between motivation and emotion - -motivation may consist of
emotion, but it also involves other things like cognition and needs
-What are the three internal processes that make up internal motivation? - -Emotion,
cognition, and needs
-Three components of motivation: - -energy, direction, persistence
-What are the two main questions that motivational science seeks to answer? - -What
causes behavior?
Why does behavior vary in intensity?
-What are five ways we can measure motivation? - -Behavior, engagement, psycho-
physiology, brain activations, self-report
-How to observe motivation by behavior? - -Effort, persistence, latency, choice,
probability of response, facial expressions, bodily gestures
-Are we always conscious of our motivations? - -No
, -what is will - -
-instinct - -a behavior that an organism inherits
-What is a drive? - -motivational (aroused) states that result from physiological needs
-Freud's Drive Theory - -development is motivated by innate drives
-incentive - -a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior
-What is arousal? - -general activation level of the body and brain
-discrepancy - -a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts
-The First Grand Theory - -Will
-Second Grand Theory - -instinct
-Third Grand Theory - -Drive
-Ancient philosophers distinguished between the body and what? - -the will
-In Freud's drive theory, humans have a drive to do what? - -Resolve bodily defects
-Which historical figure actively promoted the "will" as a grand theory to explain
motivation? - -René Descartes
-Charles Darwin's biological determinism and the study of animal's inherited behavior
gave rise to which motivational concept? - -Instinct
