Psych 515 Chapter 1 || All Correct.

What is motivation? correct answers A constant flow of behavior that can be directed in many different ways. The forces acting on or within an organism to initiate and direct behavior. The concept of motivation correct answers We use the concept of motivation to explain the differences in the intensity of behavior and to indicate the persistence of behavior. 1. Intensity: (of a behavior) 2. Persistence: (of a behavior) How to measure motivation correct answers We can't readily measure motivation; rather we manipulate some stimulus condition and then measure some behavior in the form of a response. Motivation can be inferred from the change in behavior observed. ---> motivation is an intervening variable or link between stimulus and response. What indicators or components of motivation activation can we measure? correct answers 1. Initiation (production) of behavior: likelihood of signing up for a race 2. Persistence of behavior: distance completed of the race 3. Intensity (rigor) of behavior: speed of running during the race What are the characteristics of motivation? correct answers 1. Activation (production of behavior): What activates or produces behavior in an organisms. For example, behavior activated may not be overt...rabbit example 2. Direction: an index of motivational state. Activation characteristic of motivation rabbit example correct answers Behavior activated may not be overt [can't see it] (e.g., rabbit). Rabbit playing dead when a large animal spots them. It's motivated to get out of there; but it developed this way of saving itself. What are the categories of analysis of motivation? correct answers Scientists who study motivation focus on different categories.... 1. Nomothetic vs idiographic 2. Innate vs. acquired 3. Internal vs external 4. Mechanistic vs cognitive 1. Nomothetic vs idiographic (categories of analysis of motivation) correct answers 1. Nomothetic: general rules that apply to a wide range of situations. Look at the group as a whole. 2. Idiographic: what makes people different or unique. Look at the individual characteristics