1. The employees at a factory were excellent workers until a week before Christmas when a rumor spread that economic conditions would force the plant to close in four days. The quality and quantity of work took a down turn as the workers spent time discussing among themselves the plausibility of the rumor and what they would do if it were true. Maslow would say that these workers were motivated by
a. meta-needs.
b. intrinsic motivation.
c. esteem and self-esteem.
d. safety and security.
2. Unlearned biological motives necessary for survival are termed
a. primary motives.
b. secondary motives.
c. drives.
d. stimulus motives.
3. Which theory of emotion holds the view that bodily changes PRECEDE emotion and that we experience an emotion AFTER our body reacts?
a. the common sense theory
b. the Cannon-Bard theory
c. attribution theory
d. the James-Lange theory
4. Sensory distortions and disturbed thinking reported by people who have undergone sensory deprivation support the __________ theory of motivation.
a. drive reduction
b. arousal
c. episodic
d. opponent-process
5. In hunger, a set point is
a. similar to a body's thermostat for blood sugar.
b. the weight you maintain when you attempt to diet.
c. related to the proportion of body fat your body normally maintains.
d. determined by adult eating habits.
6. The polygraph's most common error is to
a. fail to detect persons who can lie without anxiety.
b. fail to detect persons who are guilty.
c. identify as guilty persons who are innocent.
d. identify as innocent persons who are easily aroused.
7. Which of the following is a secondary motive?
a. curiosity
b. the desire for money
c. physical contact
d. thirst
8. What is the correct order of needs in Maslow's hierarchy?
a. physiological; esteem; safety; self-actualization; love and belonging
b. self-actualization; physiological; safety; love and belonging; esteem
c. physiological; safety; love and belonging; esteem; self-actualization
d. self-actualization; safety; love and belonging; esteem; physiological