Motivational states are states that lead animals to work toward_______.

Related Mcqs:

1. People sometimes choose a certain career because they want a please their parents. This is an example of a (n)_______factor as a motivational source.

   A. emotional
   B. social
   C. cognitive
   D. innate

2. In which motivational conflicts are must chosen by “the lesser of two evils”

   A. Approach-Approach
   B. Approach-Avoidance
   C. Avoidance-Avoidance
   D. Multiple approach-avoidance
   E. None of these

3. ________is a basic fact of motivational life:

   A. Affection
   B. Conflict
   C. Both (a) and (b)
   D. None of these

4. Who said, “The Motivational Strength only to the extent that they are amplified by the emotions”.

   A. Freud
   B. Miller
   C. Tomkins
   D. None of these

5. Managers, across all cultures, tend to employ all of the following motivational practices except:

   A. Quality improvement interventions
   B. Differential distributions of rewards
   C. Setting goals and making decisions for employees
   D. Design and redesign of jobs and organizations

6. What type of motivational approach placed the emphasis for behavior and directed activity directly on the environment?

   A. Behaviorist approach
   B. Instrumental approach
   C. Nature approach
   D. Environmental approach

7. Three year old Shawn ate lead paint which was chipping off the walls in an older home. Consequently, he developed a psychosis based on brain damage due to lead poisoning. Shawn’s psychosis would be called a(n):

   A. functional psychosis
   B. organic psychosis
   C. neural psychosis
   D. neo – cortical psychosis

8. By scripting specific job-relevant to be asked of all those applying for a particular work position, a personnel psychologist is most clearly developing a frame work for:

   A. a refractory period
   B. the experience of flow
   C. structured interviews
   D. 360-degree feedback

9. Those who view their work as a necessary but personally unfulfilling way to make money are said to view work as a:

   A. contract
   B. job
   C. career
   D. calling

10. Andrea views her work as primarily an opportunity to climb up the corporate ladder in pursuit of increasingly better positions. Andrea apparently views her work as a:

    A. flow
    B. contract
    C. career
    D. calling