Imagine you are a male three-spined stickleback (a fish). You come across a nest of unfertilized three-spined stickleback eggs and you can’t help but do a particular dance and then go ahead and fertilize the eggs. Which theory of motivation accounts for your behavior?

Related Mcqs:

1. Presence of a characteristic red belly in male three-spined sticklike back that elicits aggression in other territorial males is a:

   A. Taxis
   B. Sign stimulus
   C. Kinesis
   D. None of these

2. Josh starts smoking in order to experience the pleasurable feelings associated with nicotine. This behavior is best explained by the______-theory of motivation. Eventually, however, josh becomes physically addicted to nicotine and now the needs the drug to reduce the cravings he feels. Josh’s behavior is now best explained by______theory.

   A. arousal; incentive
   B. drive reduction; arousal
   C. drive reduction; incentive
   D. incentive; drive reduction

3. You are standing in the middle of way, as you look far ahead, the tracks seem to come together in the distance. That illustrates ______________?

   A. linear perspective
   B. interposition
   C. similarity
   D. convergence

4. Josh starts smoking in order to experience the pleasurable feedings associated with nicotine. This behavior is best explained by the_______theory of motivation. Eventually, however josh becomes physically addicted to nicotine and now he needs the drug to reduce the cravings he feels. Josh’s behavior is now best explained by______theory.

   A. arousal; Incentive
   B. drive reduction; arousal
   C. drive; reduction; incentive
   D. incentive; drive; reduction

5. In psychology, the correct conception of motivation was first described in terms of instinctive behavior. On whose theory was this concept largely based?

   A. Hume
   B. Descartes
   C. Darwin
   D. James

6. Which of the following are actual factors confirming the involvement of the preoptic area in the control of male sexual behavior?

   A. Lesions of the preoptic area can elicit copulatory activity
   B. Electrical stimulation of the preoptic area can permanently abolish male sexual behavior
   C. Neuronal and metabolic activity is induced the preoptic area during copulation
   D. Small implants of the female hormone estrogen into the preoptic area restore sexual behavior is castrated rats

7. Motivation concerns the conditions responsible for variations in intensity, quality, and_______of ongoing behavior.

   A. Amplitude
   B. Satisfaction
   C. Direction
   D. Learning

8. Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

9. When the values in a culture emphasize putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defining one’s identity in terms of the groups one belongs to, the culture is said to be high in:

   A. self-actualization
   B. self-efficacy
   C. collectivism
   D. individualism

10. Santa Claus stops by your house to drop off presents and is feeling very hungry. He sees two cookies on the mantle and quickly devours them. Afterward, he no longer feels a need to eat. What theory of motivation best describes this situation?

    A. Instinct
    B. Evolutionary
    C. Drive reduction
    D. Incentive