Motivation MCQs

Option A: the plateau phase immediately precedes orgasm

Option B: orgasm immediately precedes the excitement phase

Option C: the excitement phase immediately precedes orgasm

Option D: the excitement phase immediately precedes the resolution phase

Correct Answer: the plateau phase immediately precedes orgasm ✔

Option A: extrinsic

Option B: secondary

Option C: learned

Option D: primary

Correct Answer: primary ✔

Option A: lower the body’s set point

Option B: reduce tension and anxiety

Option C: decrease blood glucose levels

Option D: prevent bulimia nervosa

Correct Answer: reduce tension and anxiety ✔

Option A: sexual disorders

Option B: boredom

Option C: hunger

Option D: refractory periods

Correct Answer: boredom ✔

Option A: lack of proteins

Option B: purging

Option C: lack of calcium

Option D: lack of water in the diet

Correct Answer: purging ✔

Option A: your political views

Option B: hunger

Option C: earning money by working at a job

Option D: the need of achievement

Correct Answer: hunger ✔

Option A: incentive

Option B: set point

Option C: instinct

Option D: need

Correct Answer: instinct ✔

Option A: Provide employees with relatively easy work assignments

Option B: inform employee of the exact deadlines for the completion of work projects

Option C: discourage employees from critically discussing controversial company policies

Option D: mediate a personal dispute between two argumentative employees

Correct Answer: mediate a personal dispute between two argumentative employees ✔

Option A: A rigidly patterned behavioral urge characteristic of all people

Option B: anything that is perceived as having positive or negative value in motivating behavior

Option C: an aroused or activated state that is often triggered by a psychological need

Option D: a physiological state that usually triggers motivational arousal

Correct Answer: a physiological state that usually triggers motivational arousal ✔

Option A: Instinct

Option B: evolutionary

Option C: arousal

Option D: need

Correct Answer: arousal ✔

Option A: the experience of flow

Option B: performance appraisal

Option C: one’s set point

Option D: homeostasis

Correct Answer: performance appraisal ✔

Option A: Hypothalamus

Option B: Hippocampus

Option C: Frontal lobe

Option D: Carpus Callosum

Correct Answer: Hypothalamus ✔

Option A: Self

Option B: Drug

Option C: Alcohol

Option D: Laxative

Correct Answer: Laxative ✔

Option A: incentive; set point

Option B: instinct; need

Option C: need; incentive

Option D: need; drive

Correct Answer: need; incentive ✔

Option A: Sexual

Option B: achievement

Option C: self-actualization

Option D: safety

Correct Answer: belongingness ✔

Option A: Bees communicating the location of food

Option B: Salmon travelling upstream to spawn

Option C: Spiders spinning complex webs

Option D: Humans breastfeeding their babies

Correct Answer: Humans breastfeeding their babies ✔

Option A: Expectations

Option B: Modeling

Option C: Motivation

Option D: Cognitions

Correct Answer: Expectations ✔

Option A: Environmental

Option B: Personality

Option C: Cognitive

Option D: Dispositional

Correct Answer: Dispositional ✔

Option A: Predict violent behavior

Option B: Relate biology to behavior

Option C: Infer private states from public acts

Option D: Account for behavioural variability

Correct Answer: Predict violent behavior ✔

Option A: External

Option B: Biological

Option C: Internal

Option D: Interactional

Correct Answer: Biological ✔

Option A: Balance production

Option B: Internalization

Option C: Homeostasis

Option D: Tension reduction

Correct Answer: Homeostasis ✔

Option A: Punishers

Option B: Reinforces

Option C: Shaping

Option D: Incentives

Correct Answer: Incentives ✔