PSY 319 FINAL EXAM questions with correct answers

Concept of Motivation - Answer The concept we use when we describe the forces acting on or with in an organism to initiate direct behavior Understand the concept of motivation variables - Answer -Intervening variable: concept used to link a stimulus to a response. Ex: cheese; response: how fast the rat can complete the maze. -Performance variable: specific tasks that are considered temporary. When enough motivation is present, the task will be performed. Ex: enough motivation = how hungry the rat is. How can motivation be measured? - Answer Motivational measuring is indirect (cannot take physical numbers of motivators). Research manipulate a stimulus condition, and the response is measured. Opposing schools of thought - Answer Nomothetic vs. idiographic, innate vs. acquired, internal vs. external, mechanistic vs. cognitive Nomothetic vs. idiographic - Answer -Nomothetic approach looks at groups and determines how they are similar (biologically, physically, genetically) -Idiographic approach looks at groups and determined how they are different, or unique, for the same reasons as listed above. Innate vs. acquired - Answer -Innate motivators were originally known as instincts. These motivators tend to be biologically