Test: AP Psych Motivation/Emotion - 20 Questions

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  1. Anorexia Nervosa
  2. Explicit Acts
  3. Extrinsic Motivation
  4. Motive
  5. Homeostasis
  1. a balance; stability; part of the drive-reduction theory; when individual functions effectively because drives are met
  2. b nonverbal cues to emotion; gestures; but can be misconstrued, ex. crying over onions, laugh at wrong time
  3. c inner directing force; specific need or desire; arouses individual and directs behavior; ex. Hunger, thirst, achievement; can be environmental cues
  4. d eating disorder; severe weight loss accompanied by obsessive worrying about weight gain despite the fact the person is 10-15% below normal body weight; symptoms include: absence of 3 menstrual periods (females), distorted body image, intense fear of weight gain, dull eyes, baggy skin, dull hair, sallow skin, listlessness, overexercises, obsession about amount of food eaten; Onset: early adolescence, more white middle-class females; often comorbid with OCD
  5. e external motivation; completion of activity because of the consequence: reward or to avoid punishment; ex. Job, chores, school assignment, etc.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. theory that motivated behavior is an attempt to reduce a state of tension/arousal in the body and return the body to a state of balance
  2. humanism; Marlow; graduation of primitive motives to more sophisticated, complex (human needs); higher motives only emerge after basic are fulfilled; Stages-physiological, safety, belonging/love (sometimes a separate stage), esteem, and self-actualization
  3. explains sexual drive; Masters & Johnson (1966); EXPLORRE: EXcite, PLateau, ORgasm, REsolution (4 phases); describes the sexual response of males and females
  4. behavior aimed at inflicting physical or psychological harm; intent is key element; ex. Road rage, passive aggressive acts, hitting
  5. learned; need to fulfill intimacy and achievement through relationships; not to be confused with affiliation (need to be around people)

5 True/False Question

  1. Pheromones → external stimuli; like primary drive, affects sex drive in animals; indirect evidence suggests that humans secrete pheromones to promote sexual pheromones to promote sexual readiness in potential partners; in sweat glands of armpits and genitals

          

  2. Plutchik’s 3D model → 1980; 8 basic emotions-fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation, joy, & acceptance; helps adjust to demands of environment; model illustrates how emotions are more alike to those situated near it than those farther away (circle)_; varies with intensity

          

  3. Lateral Hypothalamus (LH) → part of the hypothalamus; satiety center; ceases hunger; in rats, works as a “on-off’ switch (studies caused obese rats); has been challenged as the on-off switch; L comes before V, therefore you have to start eating before you can stop

          

  4. Contact Studies → Harlow; Rhesus monkeys; created surrogate mothers (bare wire and terry cloth); baby monkeys choose cloth ‘mothers’ over nourishment

          

  5. Intrinsic Motivation → external motivation; completion of activity because of the consequence: reward or to avoid punishment; ex. Job, chores, school assignment, etc.

          

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