Psy 319 SDSU Final Review Questions
With Correct Answers
Motivation concerns the conditions responsible for variations in
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intensity, quality and ____ of ongoing behavior. - ANSWER✔✔✔-
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direction
What type of motivational approach placed the emphasis for behavior
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and directed activity directly on the environment? - ANSWER✔✔✔-
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behaviorist approach |
Which theory proposed that various forces in the psychological
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environment have valence? - ANSWER✔✔✔-Field theory
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What is the basic model for considering the role of motivation in
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performance? - ANSWER✔✔✔-Performance = (Motivation x Ability) -
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Situational Constraints |
Maslow's model fits the person-as-machne metaphor well. Which of the
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following is false concerning the model? - ANSWER✔✔✔-Workers in
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the same department are assumed to be at the same needs level
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, What is the major problem associated with using contingent
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reinforcement - ANSWER✔✔✔-The approach has little or no role for
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any cognitive activity
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What is the theory called that suggests that tension exists when
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individuals hold incompatible thoughts? - ANSWER✔✔✔-dissonance
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theory
The feedback loop in the goal setting theory deals with the discrepancy
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between: - ANSWER✔✔✔-Actual goal accomplishment and the goal to
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which the person was committed
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Managers across all cultures , tend to employ all of the following
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motivational practices except - ANSWER✔✔✔-Setting goals and making
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decisions for employees | |
I _____ provides challenges that motivate individuals to work hard and
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meet their goals, while ___ results from stressful situations that persist
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over time and produces negative health outcomes. - ANSWER✔✔✔-
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eustress, distress |
All of the following are true of General Adaptation Syndrome except -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-The sequence of stages varies depending on trauma. | | | | | | |
With Correct Answers
Motivation concerns the conditions responsible for variations in
| | | | | | | |
intensity, quality and ____ of ongoing behavior. - ANSWER✔✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
direction
What type of motivational approach placed the emphasis for behavior
| | | | | | | | | |
and directed activity directly on the environment? - ANSWER✔✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
behaviorist approach |
Which theory proposed that various forces in the psychological
| | | | | | | | |
environment have valence? - ANSWER✔✔✔-Field theory
| | | | |
What is the basic model for considering the role of motivation in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
performance? - ANSWER✔✔✔-Performance = (Motivation x Ability) -
| | | | | | | |
Situational Constraints |
Maslow's model fits the person-as-machne metaphor well. Which of the
| | | | | | | | |
following is false concerning the model? - ANSWER✔✔✔-Workers in
| | | | | | | | | |
the same department are assumed to be at the same needs level
| | | | | | | | | | |
, What is the major problem associated with using contingent
| | | | | | | | |
reinforcement - ANSWER✔✔✔-The approach has little or no role for
| | | | | | | | | |
any cognitive activity
| |
What is the theory called that suggests that tension exists when
| | | | | | | | | | |
individuals hold incompatible thoughts? - ANSWER✔✔✔-dissonance
| | | | | |
theory
The feedback loop in the goal setting theory deals with the discrepancy
| | | | | | | | | | | |
between: - ANSWER✔✔✔-Actual goal accomplishment and the goal to
| | | | | | | | |
which the person was committed
| | | |
Managers across all cultures , tend to employ all of the following
| | | | | | | | | | | |
motivational practices except - ANSWER✔✔✔-Setting goals and making
| | | | | | | |
decisions for employees | |
I _____ provides challenges that motivate individuals to work hard and
| | | | | | | | | | |
meet their goals, while ___ results from stressful situations that persist
| | | | | | | | | | |
over time and produces negative health outcomes. - ANSWER✔✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
eustress, distress |
All of the following are true of General Adaptation Syndrome except -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔✔-The sequence of stages varies depending on trauma. | | | | | | |
