Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. When you are engaging in goal-directed behavior, you may be best described as experiencing
a. emotion
b. motivation
c. an incentive
d. drive reduction
2. An internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension defines a. motive
b. incentive
c. emotion
d. drive
3. According to drive theory of motivation, if you drink water when you are thirsty, drinking results in
a. need reduction and restores physiological equilibrium
b. drive reduction and restores physiological equilibrium
c. need production and serves as an incentive
d. drive production and serves as an incentive
4. An external goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior is
a. an incentive
b. a drive
c. a motive
d. a need
5. A bonus of $100.00 for completing a work assignment before a deadline is an example of
a. a reward
b. an incentive
c. drive reduction
d. a motive
6. Animals with a surgically destroyed lateral hypothalamus show
a. excessive thirst and consumption of water
b. little or no interest in eating and weight loss
c. excessive overeating and weight gain
d. little or no interest in sex
7. If, after brain damage suffered in a car accident, a person gained 50 pounds in two months you would most likely suspect damage to the
a. lateral hypothalamus
b. dorsal hypothalamus
c. glucostats
d. ventromedial hypothalamus
8. William, a subject in a psychology experiment, just received an injection that raised his blood glucose level.
William is most likely to report
a. he feels hungry
b. he feels happy
c. he does not feel hungry
d. he feels angry
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9. The hormone produced by fat cells that tends to diminish feelings of hunger when at high levels is
a. glucose
b. leptin
c. adrenalin
d. insulin
10. Environmental