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

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Instinctive behavior:

   A. Part of one’s inherited structure
   B. Learned by experience
   C. Can be modified by environments
   D. All of the above

3. If psychology can be defined as the science of behavior and the mind, why are the data in psychology always drawn from behavior?

   A. behavior can be influenced by physiology and the mind cannot
   B. behavior can be influenced by the environment and the mind cannot
   C. behavior can be observed and the mind cannot
   D. All of above

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. Development, as applied to the various areas of behavior, is characteristic of human nature from conception throughout:

   A. Experience
   B. Life
   C. Development period
   D. Situation to situation

6. 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?

   A. Opponent-process
   B. Instinct
   C. Arousal
   D. Behavioral

7. The concept of psychology come into teaching and the first psychology course offered by _________?

   A. Willhelm Wundt
   B. E. B. Titchner
   C. J. B. Watson
   D. William James

8. Community psychology, health psychology, and neuropsychology are considered which of the following in clinical psychology?

   A. Precursors
   B. Continuums
   C. Inferences
   D. Subspecialties

9. A child is largely nonverbal, is learning to coordinate purposeful movements with sense information, and is developing the concept of object permanence. The child is in Piaget’s_____stage.

   A. sensorimotor
   B. preoperational
   C. concrete operational
   D. formal operations

10. By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process and a method of treatment’. Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his concept to his psychoanalytic theories:

    A. The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour
    B. The concept of unconscious mental processes emphasizes the rational aspects of human behaviour
    C. A psychogenetic model of development shows how the mind is organized
    D. A topographic model of the psyche shows how personality develops