Exam 10: Motivation

Schachter found that about two-thirds of the high-anxiety group chose to wait for his "shock" experiment in groups, whereas only one-third of the low-anxiety group chose to do so. Schachter concluded that the effect was evidence of

Motivation has often been viewed in terms of drives, incentives, and needs. Characterize drive-reduction theory, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and Kenrick's revised hierarchy of needs using one example from your life.

If the hormone leptin is deregulated, the brain does not receive messages that adequate long-term energy stores exist in the body. This can lead to

Current estimates about this health hazard position it between the seventh and second most serious preventable cause of death in the United States.

If this disorder ever does become recognized, as seems likely, it can no longer be said that eating disorders are rare, because the prevalence of _____________ is greater than that of anorexia and bulimia nervosa combined.

Modern psychologists use this term to refer to instincts such as the rooting reflex in newborns.

When we are pulled toward something like taking a recreational drug, even if no specific drive or arousal system has been activated to push us there, we are most likely motivated by

The obesity epidemic in America is largely a problem of

According to the culture of modernization, slimness may be seen as a badge of immunity against unhealthful overconsumption in a culture where

These are mental states that cause people to engage in purposive behavior

Which of the following statements about instincts is consistent with James's and McDougall's hypotheses about instincts?

Which of the following tenets of Maslow's original hierarchy of needs has been corroborated by scientific evidence since the 1990s?

Beginning with Robert White in 1959, theorists have hypothesized an innate human need for a feeling that we have the ability to perform some action or task successfully, known as

The term ______________________ was coined to replace use of the term instinct among most scientists.

All of the following statements are consistent with Baumeister's and Leary's characterization of the need to belong, EXCEPT:

In 1994 the Centers for Disease Control indicated that 150,000 American women die each year of anorexia nervosa.

If extrinsic rewards such as grades are viewed as feedback to help improve one's performance, or if the reward is well earned for intrinsically interesting work successfully performed, intrinsic motivation may be increased.

Satiation is the feeling of fullness following a meal that controls the length of time until the next meal is begun.

All of the following are characterizations of people low on the dimension of self-monitoring, EXCEPT:

The developmental level views the pyramid of needs in terms of the fact that