Chapter 10 Motivation/Sex

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Which of the following is the best example of a habit?
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Chewing your hair to relieve stress
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In the following sentence, identify the intrinsic motivation. Leela, age 16, attends free lectures at the community college because she loves to learn, she visits her grandmother to hear about her mother's childhood, and she cooks dinner and cleans the house once a week to earn her allowance.
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attending the free lectures because she loves to learn
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Which of the following is an example of the overjustification effect?
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Children enjoy playing with toys until they are told they will get paid to play with toys. They may still play with toys to get paid, but they view it differently because they are getting paid.
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If you suggest that smiling can make someone feel happier, then you believe the ________.
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Facial feedback hypothesis
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Which off the following is an example of self-efficacy?
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Naomi believes she can successfully complete law school.
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In the following sentence, identify the extrinsic motivation. Kit, who lives with her father, maintains a 3.5 grade average in order to keep her phone, visits her mother every weekend because she wants to, and joins the high school basketball team because she enjoys the sport.
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maintaining a 3.5 grade average
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Motivation describes the wants or needs that direct behavior toward a goal. What is the motivation in the following sentence? Sheila wants to complete a marathon so she buys new running shoes and spends every day timing how long it takes her to run the high school track.
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Completing a marathon
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Professor Morooka works 60 hours a week for 9 months of the year. During this time he longs for a break. When he finally gets a break, he misses the sense of accomplishment he feels when he is working. ________ theory suggests that this is because there is an optimal level of arousal that we all try to maintain.
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Arousal
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Luis works part-time after school to earn money so he can afford a secondhand motorcycle. Luis is working because of ________ motivation.
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extrinsic
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If you believe you will win the hot dog eating competition, then you have a sense of _____, and you are more likely to enter the hot dog eating competition.
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self-efficacy
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What does set point theory suggest about the probable results of bariatric surgery?
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It will not result in long term weight loss because the body will resist change and seek its initial set point. It has guaranteed that recipients will eventually reach their ideal weight.
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What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "Pader-Willi syndrome is a set of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by repetitive behaviors and communication and social problems."
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Change the name "Pader-Willi syndrome" to the name "Autism Spectrum Disorder"
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Research shows that _____; performance tends to suffer _____.
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moderate arousal is generally best; when arousal is very high or very low
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_____ motivation is based on internal feelings rather than external rewards.
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Intrinsic
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The culture display rule is one of the culturally specific standards that govern the types and frequencies of ____ that are acceptable.
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emotion
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Transgender hormone therapy is ______.
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the use of hormones to make one's body look more like the opposite-sex
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A person's ____ rate is the amount of energy they expend in a given period of time.
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metabolic
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Drive theory states that deviations from ____ create psychological needs that result in psychological drive states that direct behavior to meet the need.
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homeostasis
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____ motivation arises from external factors or rewards.
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Extrinsic
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Which theory asserts that each individual has an ideal body weight that is resistant to change?
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Set point