Exam 10: Motivation and Emotion

Alice allows her kids to do only those things that she knows they can do successfully.Barry severely punishes his kids whenever they fail.Connie believes that rewards and punishments should be internal,so she never comments when her kids succeed or fail.Dwight encourages his kids to attempt challenging,difficult tasks.Who is most likely going to have kids with high achievement motivation?

In class,both Ned and Allen are called out by the teacher for their performance on the science exam.In Ned's culture,it is considered a reward to be individually recognized in a group,so he is happy.In Allen's culture,it is considered a dishonor to the group for him to be singled out,so he feels shame.The theory of emotion that best accounts for these different experiences is ____.

Tyra is about to go on the Millennium Force roller coaster at Cedar Point amusement park.As she gets on the coaster,she finds that her mouth is dry,her hands are sweaty,and her heartbeat has increased.The ____ nervous system is responsible for Tyra's bodily changes.

Three-year-old Simeon is at the top of a tall and scary slide.At the bottom of the slide,Simeon's older brother is smiling and laughing.When Simeon sees this,he goes down the slide.Simeon's behavior is an example of ____.

Whit started playing the saxophone.He wants to get better at it,so he watches the techniques of professional players and practices constantly.Whit does not care how he compares to other saxophone players,nor does he want to seek help from others.Whit appears to have adopted a(n)____.

Sherman is going to give Luella some flowers.He really wants her to like them.According to the principle of excitation transfer,when would be the best time for Sherman to give her the flowers?

The existence,relatedness,growth (ERG)theory was proposed to address some of the problems with Maslow's hierarchy of needs.Which statement is not an assumption of the ERG theory?

Leon is intrinsically motivated to wash his neighbor's car.Accordingly,he expects his neighbor to give him ____.