Psychology MCQs ~Motivation~

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Psychology MCQs Motivation
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• 1.
• Consciously experienced pleasure or displeasure
  is called
• a. incentive.
• b. reward.
• c. drive
• d. affect.
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• 2.
• In order to guide future behavior, momentary
  rewards must be learned. This learning process
  gives the rewards ________.
• a. drive
• b. incentive salience
• c. common currency

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• 3.
• Drugs that cause addiction may cause permanent
  hyperactivity in the brain incentive systems
  called
• a. neural salience.
• b. neuronal hyper-reactivity.
• c. detoxification resistance.
• d. neural sensitization.
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• 4.
• Homeostasis is
• a. a collection of regulatory cells in the
  brain.
• b. an organism's tendency to maintain a constant
  level in the internal environment.
• c. a physiological departure from an ideal
  set-point.
• d. the notion that all motives operate to reduce
  tension within the organism.

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• 5.
• If your doctor told you that your body
  temperature exceeded your temperature set point,
  she would be telling you that you
• a. adjust your set point.
• b. have the chills.
• c. have a fever.
• d. need change your behavior to raise your set
  point.
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• 6.
• After eating a ham dinner the level of salts in
  your blood stream may rise significantly. What
  effect will this have on your behavior?
• a. You will need to increase your body
  temperature.
• b. You will need to drink more fluids.
• c. You will crave more salty foods.

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• 7.
• Where are the sensors that signal an animal to
  start drinking?
• a. mouth and hypothalamus
• b. kidneys and hypothalamus
• c. stomach and intestines
• d. intestines and kidneys
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• 8.
• Why would the owners of the local pub place bowls
  of salty peanuts and chips on the bar for all the
  patrons to eat? Eating these foods will
• a. increase your level of intoxication.
• b. increase your thirst.
• c. make your hungry.

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• 9.
• What is the most important factor in food
  preference?
• a. flavor
• b. stomach contractions
• c. time of day
• d. low quantities of nutrients in the body
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• 10.
• The hypothalamus controls regulation of
• a. All of these choices are true.
• b. body temperature.
• c. eating.

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• 11.
• Food always tastes better when we are hungry.
  What do psychologists call this phenomenon?
• a. conditioned homeostasis
• b. oral stimulation
• c. alliesthesia
• d. conditioned hunger
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• 12.
• Blood nutrient level is monitored by satiety
  detectors in the
• a. stomach.
• b. liver.
• c. pancreas.

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• 13.
• Genetic factors are responsible for excessive
  weight gain by inducing
• a. the growth of more fat cells.
• b. larger fat cells.
• c. All of these choices are true.
• d. a high set point for fat in the body.
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• 14.
• At the end of your freshman year at college, many
  students notice that they have gained weight. Why
  would your roommate gain more weight than you
  during the same time period?
• a. The roommate exercised less than you.
• b. The roommate has a genetic predisposition to
  gain more weight than you.
• c. The roommate ate a lot more than you.

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• 15.
• Emotional stress has what effect on the food
  consumption of a normal weight individual?
• a. have little or no effect
• b. result in a permanent weight gain
• c. may increase appetite
• d. reduce body weight
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• 16.
• A friend of yours wants to lose weight and keep
  it off. If you wanted to offer the best advice,
  you would say a successful dieter must realize
  that
• a. All of these choices are true.
• b. the act of dieting may lead to binges.
• c. exercise is very important.

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• 17.
• Compared to ________, persons with ________ are
  more likely to be from any racial, ethnic or
  socioeconomic group.
• a. anorexics bulimia
• b. None of the above are true.
• c. bulimics anorexia
• d. anorexics anorexia nervosa

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Model Answers

• Q1d
• Q2b
• Q3d
• Q4b
• Q5c
• Q6b
• Q7b
• Q8b
• Q9a
• Q10a
• Q11c
• Q12b
• Q13c

• Q14d
• Q15c
• Q16a
• Q17a

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