The fact that some people often ignore their hunger and skip lunch in anticipation of a special dinner is a direct contradiction to the_____theory of motivation.

Related Mcqs:

1. In listening to two conversations simultaneously, it is possible to attend to one and ignore the other if the differ in ______________?

   A. semantics
   B. pragmatics
   C. syntax
   D. pitch

2. Biological deficiency concepts of motivation often use________.

   A. Cannon’s
   B. Livson’s N.views
   C. Knopf’s views
   D. None of these

3. Saima often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can’t have her own away. She often behaves impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can’t have the things that she wants immediately. According to Freud’s view of the personality, Saima’s personality appears to be dominated by:

   A. her id
   B. her alter ego
   C. her ego
   D. reaction formation

4. Taste aversions are a type of classical conditioning, and if there is a long delay between the CS and US, conditioning is usually prevented. The fact that people and animals can be develop taste aversions even though sickness occurs long after eating indicates that:

   A. taste aversions are really more like operant conditioning
   B. taste aversions can be unlearned as well
   C. there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier
   D. there is less aversion associated with the actual sickness than with whatever caused the sickness in the first place

5. Food deprivation is to_______as hunger is to_______.

   A. Incentive; instinct
   B. need; drive
   C. homeostasis; thirst
   D. pornography; lust

6. The “local” stimulus theory of hunger is associated with the name of ___________?

   A. Cannon
   B. Beach
   C. Ingram
   D. Anderson
   E. None of these

7. Which area of brain are closely connected to hunger, eating and satiation?

   A. medulla oblongata
   B. hippocampus
   C. hypothalamus
   D. thalamus

8. One of the followings produces higher levels of secretions during periods of rapid growth and sexual maturation and in stress situations such as cold hunger:

   A. Thyroid gland
   B. Pancreas
   C. Parathyroids
   D. Adrenals

9. Because Ken is 6 6, people often mistakenly assume that he must be a member of his college’s basketball team. The mistaken judgement best illustrates the impact of:

   A. the availability heuristic
   B. confirmation bias
   C. the representativeness heuristic
   D. the belief perseverance phenomenon

10. The corrupt behavior of many ordinary people who served as Nazi concentration camp guards best illustrates that immorality often results from:

    A. crystallized intelligence
    B. social influence
    C. abnormal cognitive development
    D. postconventional moral thinking