Psychology 6th Edition By James S. Nairne – Test Bank

Chapter 11—Motivation and Emotion

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The term for the set of factors that initiate and direct behavior, usually toward some goal is:
a. intelligence
b. emotion
c. thinking
d. motivation

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: Psychology for a Reason
MSC: New

2. Motivation is:
a. a major process in development
b. the mental manipulation of knowledge
c. the development of new behaviors through reinforcement
d. the set of factors that initiate and direct behavior, usually toward some goal

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: Psychology for a Reason
MSC: New

3. The term for a psychological event involving a physiological and expressive reaction, along with a subjective experience is:
a. intelligence
b. emotion
c. thinking
d. motivation

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: Psychology for a Reason
MSC: New

4. The term “emotion” refers to:
a. a major process in development
b. the mental manipulation of knowledge
c. a subjective experience accompanied by a physiological and expressive reaction
d. the set of factors that initiate and direct behavior, usually toward some goal

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: Psychology for a Reason
MSC: New

5. Which of the following is not one of the three components of an emotion?
a. heuristic behavior
b. subjective experience
c. a physiological reaction
d. an expressive reaction

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: Psychology for a Reason
MSC: New

6. Which of the following is an incorrect statement regarding emotions?
a. emotions are psychological events
b. emotions involve a physiological reaction
c. emotions involve an expressive reaction
d. emotions involve objective experiences

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: Psychology for a Reason
MSC: New

7. Instincts refer to:
a. psychological states that arise in response to an internal physiological need
b. unlearned, characteristic patterns of responding that are controlled by specific triggering stimuli
c. complex psychological events that are often associated with the initiation and direction of behavior
d. processes the body relies on to maintain its steady state of equilibrium

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: Internal Factors

8. Unlearned, characteristic patterns of responding that are controlled by specific triggering stimuli are called:
a. drives
b. emotions
c. instincts
d. conditioned responses

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: Internal Factors

9. Instincts share properties with:
a. reflexes
b. conditioned stimuli
c. cognitions
d. conditioned responses

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: Internal Factors
MSC: New

10. Unlike reflexes, instincts involve:
a. less complex patterns of behavior
b. more complex forms of behavior
c. conditioned responses
d. conditioned stimuli

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: factual REF: Internal Factors
MSC: New