SUMMARIES Flashcards
intentions from a self regulation perspective is
A) The extent to which a given action will satisfy a given need for a person.
B) Unpredictable and spontaneous.
C) Products of a mental algebra.
D) Automatically generated without conscious thought.
C) products of a mental algebra
why does setting specific high goals result in higher performance
A) Because committing oneself to a more demanding goal focuses one’s efforts more fully
B) Due to the inherent motivational power of lofty aspirations
C) Establishing challenging goals inherently enhances one’s abilities
D) Setting high goals triggers an automatic increase in skill levels
A) because committing oneself to a more demanding goal focuses one’s efforts more fully
Implementation intentions constitute the linking of
A)
B) strategies to the contexts in which the person wants to engage them
C)
D)
B) strategies to the contexts in which the person wants to engage them
Intentions are formed in a/an ________ mindset, but once the person starts to pursue them, he or she is in a/an ___________ mindset
A) unconscious ; conscious
B) deliberative ; implemental
C) optimistic ; deliberating
D) intentional ; directed
B) deliberative ; implemental
within the self regulation perspective, emotions are viewed as
A) arbitrary and uncontrollable responses to external stimuli
B) purely physiological reactions with no cognitive component
C) calls for re-prioritizing one’s goals
D) irrelevant to the process of self-regulation
C) calls for re-prioritising ones goals
from the self regulation perspective, avoidance means
A) motivation is to avoid failure
B) creating distance instead of conformity
C) tendency to avoid threats
D) a person who is withdrawn, cynical and distant
B) creating distance instead of conformity
from the motive perspective, avoidance means
A) motivation is to avoid failure
B) creating distance instead of conformity
C) tendency to avoid threats
D) a person who is withdrawn, cynical and distant
A) motivation is to avoid failure
from the genetics perspective, avoidance means
A) motivation is to avoid failure
B) creating distance instead of conformity
C) tendency to avoid threats
D) a person who is withdrawn, cynical and distant
C) tendency to avoid threats
Self-regulation sometimes entails self-control: the
A) inhibiting the use of power
B) holding back from doing something you want to do
C) prevention of pursuing one goal, in service of another more important goal
D) none of the aboce
C) prevention of pursuing one goal, in service of another more important goal
what is the source of individual differences in personality according to the motive perspective
A)
B) the difference in need strength from moment to moment and the difference in patterns of chronic need strength
C)
D)
B) the difference in need strength from moment to moment and the difference in patterns of chronic need strength
incentives from the motive perspective is
A) the extent to which a given action will satisfy a given need for a person
B)
C) products of a mental algebra
D)
A) the extent to which a given action will satisfy a given need for a person
People with this pattern do well in managerial careers, but the pattern has also been linked to political stances that preceded wars.
A) impulsive unsocialized sensation seeking
B) inhibited power motive
C)
D)
B) inhibited power motive
apperception is
A) Developing feelings of similarity to and connectedness with another person.
B) A therapy procedure of saying without hesitation whatever comes to mind
C) The extent to which a task provides information about something
D) Interpreting a present stimulus in light of one’s personal experience and motives
D) Interpreting a present stimulus in light of one’s personal experience and motives
extinction in classical conditioning
A)
B) the reduction of a CR by repeating the CS without the US
C) the reduction of a behavioral tendency by removing reinforcement
D)
B) the reduction of a CR by repeating the CS without the US
extinction in instrumental conditioning
A) is the reinforcement of an undesired behavior to eliminate it
B) the reduction of a CR by repeating the CS without the US
C) occurs when a behavior tendency decreases because the reinforcement is no longer provided
D) none of the above
C) the reduction of a behavioral tendency by removing reinforcement
