Motivation and Emotion Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. What does the two-factor theory of emotion propose?
Emotion occurs only after a conscious decision to act
Each emotion has a completely unique pattern of bodily arousal
Bodily arousal always follows the conscious experience of emotion
Emotion involves physiological arousal interpreted with a cognitive label
2. A person feels delighted at a formal ceremony but follows the local expectation of showing only a restrained smile. Which concept best explains the restrained expression?
A fixed action pattern
A physiological drive
The goal-gradient effect
An emotional display rule
3. Someone takes pain medicine, the headache goes away, and this relief makes the person more likely to take the medicine during a future headache. What learning process is illustrated?
Negative reinforcement
Negative punishment
Positive reinforcement
Positive punishment
4. Which example best illustrates intrinsic motivation?
Learning guitar to qualify for a cash prize
Learning guitar because practicing and improving feel satisfying
Practicing guitar to avoid a parent's criticism
Performing guitar mainly to gain social media followers
5. According to self-determination theory, which three psychological needs support autonomous motivation and wellbeing?
Achievement, status, and security
Arousal, incentive, and balance
Approval, certainty, and obedience
Autonomy, competence, and relatedness
6. After receiving critical feedback, Maya thinks, “This points to a skill I can improve,” rather than, “I am a failure.” Which emotion-regulation strategy is she using?
Expressive suppression
Stimulus generalization
Cognitive reappraisal
Emotional contagion
7. On learning that a major presentation has been moved to tomorrow, Lee first considers whether the change is a threat, a loss, or a manageable challenge. What is Lee making?
A primary appraisal
A conditioned response
A social comparison
A hedonic adaptation
8. During a tense meeting, Omar feels angry but deliberately keeps his face and voice neutral without changing how he interprets the situation. Which strategy is this?
Cognitive reappraisal
Expressive suppression
Problem-focused coping
Mood-congruent recall
9. Even though Priya recently ate, the aroma from a bakery makes a pastry feel appealing and energizes her to enter. Which account most directly emphasizes the motivating power of that external cue?
Drive-reduction theory
Incentive theory
Learned helplessness
Cognitive dissonance theory
10. Which concept refers to evaluating what an event means for one's goals and wellbeing?
Physiological adaptation
Behavioral conditioning
Cognitive appraisal
Sensory habituation
11. An employee works toward a promotion because gaining it would be rewarding. In terms of motivational direction, this is primarily an example of what?
Learned helplessness
Avoidance motivation
Drive reduction
Approach motivation
12. After an unexplained restless and irritable feeling persists through most of the afternoon, a person cannot identify a particular event that triggered it. Why is this more accurately described as a mood than a discrete emotion?
Moods always involve stronger physiological arousal than emotions
Moods occur only when people suppress an emotion
Moods are often more diffuse and longer-lasting than emotions
Moods are learned, whereas emotions are entirely innate
13. Which student is pursuing a mastery goal?
A student who chooses easy tasks to protect a high grade
A student who practices difficult problems to understand the method
A student who studies mainly to rank above classmates
A student who avoids asking questions so others will not judge them
14. A child initially enjoys drawing. After repeatedly receiving prizes for every picture, the child becomes less interested in drawing when prizes stop. Which concept best fits this change?
The goal-gradient effect
Negative reinforcement
The overjustification effect
Emotional contagion
15. After going many hours without food, an internal energy imbalance produces hunger that motivates eating and helps restore bodily balance. Which explanation best fits?
Drive-reduction theory and homeostasis
Incentive theory
Expectancy-value theory
The overjustification effect
16. A pianist performs poorly when barely alert and also when extremely anxious, but performs best at a moderate level of arousal. Which principle most directly predicts this pattern?
The Yerkes-Dodson law
The mere-exposure effect
The opponent-process theory
The self-perception theory