1. PSYC 1013 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
EXAMINATION
NAME: _____________________________ COURSE & SECTION _________
Analyze the following statements; be precise by writing TRUE if the answer is
correct and FALSE, if it is wrong. Refrain from having erasures.
_________ 1. Motivation is a goal-directed behavior that maybe affected by needs, wants,
interests, desires and incentives.
_________ 2. Cultural norms that regulate the expression of emotions are display rules.
_________ 3. Extrinsic motivation comes from within, rather than from external rewards.
_________ 4. Need is an internal deficiency that may energize behavior.
_________ 5. Drives activate a response designed to attain a goal.
_________ 6. Response is the target or objective of motivated behavior.
_________ 7. An incentive is an external stimulus that motivates behavior.
_________ 8. Primary motives are based on learned needs, drives and goals.
_________ 9. Instincts are not learned.
_________ 10. Drive Reduction theory states that human behavior is motivated by certain
innate tendencies, or instincts, shared by all individuals.
_________ 11. Arousal theory suggests that motivation begins with a physiological need
that elicits a psychological energy directed onward that will to satisfy the original
need and reduce tension.
_________ 12. Instinct theory suggests that the aim of motivation is to maintain an optimal
level of arousal.
_________ 13. Without any intake of fluids, we can survive only about 4 or 5 days.
_________ 14. The hypothalamus regulates motivation and emotion like thirst and sexual
behavior.
_________ 15. Glucose is blood sugar.
_________ 16. The condition o being overweight.
_________ 17. The principal class of female sex hormones are called testosterone.
_________ 18. The principal class of male sex hormone are called estrogens.
_________ 19. A state of physiological equilibrium or stability is called homeostasis.
_________ 20. Drive is an internal state of tension that motivates an organism to reduce
tension.
_________ 21. Obesity is an active self-starvation or a sustained loss of appetite.
_________ 22. Sex drive is the strength of one's motivation to engage in sexual behavior.

2. _________ 23. Social motives are not learned motives.
_________ 24. Fear of success is the fear of disapproval and rejection from others.
_________ 25. Maslow's theory of hierarchy of needs states that physical necessities must
be satisfied first before higher growth needs can be expressed.
_________ 26. Psychosocial theories do not emphasize incentive and cognition.
_________ 27. Incentive theory says that motivation results from environmental stimuli
that pull the organisms in certain directions.
_________ 28. Emotions are feelings or affective responses as a result of arousal,
thoughts and beliefs, subjective evaluation and bodily expression.
_________ 29. Stage fright can spoil performances.
_________ 30. Hate and anger disrupt human relationships.
_________ 31. James Lange theory tells that physiological arousal and the feeling of
emotion occur simultaneously after an emotion provoking stimulus is relayed
to the thalamus.
_________ 32. Cannon Bard theory tells that emotional feelings result when we become
aware of our physiological response to an emotion provoking stimulus.
_________ 33. Mood is the mildest form of emotion.
_________ 34. We can feel happy and sad at the same time.
_________ 35. Human emotions come naturally.
_________ 36. The facial expressions of pain and emotions of interests, disgust and fear are
already present at birth.
_________ 37. As emotion intensifies, rational thinking decreases.
_________ 38. Love is the strongest emotional bond.
_________ 39. Emotions come from the Latin word mover.
_________ 40. Emotion is mistaken as mood or temperament.
_________ 41. Emotions are regulated by the autonomic nervous system.
_________ 42. The Facial Feedback theory proposes that people universally show the same
expression when experiencing the same emotions.
_________ 43. The Two-Factor theory of emotions viewed that emotion-provoking event
produced increased arousal.
_________ 44. Only when physiological needs are met can a person consider fulfilling
higher order needs.
_________ 45. We must aim to ve self-actualized persons.