Exam 2: Motivation and Emotion in Historical Perspective

Define each of the following four terms in Hull's behavior theory: E = H x D x K. Also, identify which term or terms are motivational in nature.

The will failed as a grand theory of motivation primarily because:

Explain why the mini-theories of motivation replaced the grand theories.

What important event in the history of motivation occurred in the 1960s?

The chapter concludes by arguing that motivation researchers in the 1970s realized that they were asking the wrong question about the nature of motivation.What was that wrong question, and what is the better question that guides current motivation research?

Which of the following statements best reflects the study of motivation circa 1700?

Which statement best reflects the state of contemporary motivation study?

Which scientific event opened the intellectual door for psychologists to study the instinct as a potential grand theory of motivation?

In terms of the historical study of motivation, what was so important about the fact that motivational thinkers began to emphasize the active nature of the person?

Name, discuss, and provide a concrete example of one problem (criticism) associated with drive theory.

Explain why adopting the assumption of the active organism was such an important change, or turning point, in the historical thinking about motivation.

In the early philosophical study of human motivation, the tripartite mind was reduced to a dualism.Which of the following aspects of motivation was not included as part of that dualism?

A grand theory of motivation is one that:

In terms of the historical study of motivation, what was so important about the fact that motivational thinkers began to embrace the cognitive revolution?

Charles Darwin's biological determinism and the study of animal's inherited behavior gave rise to which motivational concept?

Explain why the study of facial expressions of emotion were so important (informative) in the history of emotion research.

A mini-theory of motivation seeks to understand and explain:

In which of the following developmental stages of a scientific discipline does the following occur: An unexplained anomaly that cannot be explained emerges. A new way of thinking begins to emerge. Some participants resist the new way of thinking, while other participants begin to embrace the new and improved way of thinking.

Which of the following proved to be an important criticism to refute instinct theory?

Explain why motivation study abandoned the will (to adopt the instinct) as its preferred way of explaining motivation.