Chapter 7 Review
PSYCH 310

1. Incentives

motivate behavior
are learned
can be thoughts
all of the above

2. In Crespi's study rats that suddenly received smaller rewards for running slowed down, while rats that suddenly received larger rewards ran faster. These results show that

Hull's concept of drive is true
incentives influence learning
incentives influence performance
incentives are the same as motivation

3. The fractional anticipatory response mechanism may be relevant in explaining which of the following?

the cognitive aspects of behavior
how incentive motivation develops
why certain behaviors persist once they have begun
how goals are developed

4. In an experiment by Amsel & Roussel, rats were sometimes fed in one goal box and then allowed to run to a second goal box where they were also fed. On other trials they received nothing in the first goal box, but then were fed in the second goal box. On the latter trials the rats

ran slower to the second goal box
refused to eat in the second goal box
ran faster to the second goal box
ran at the same speed as in the trials where they were fed at the first goal box

5. According to Tolman, incentive motivation is closely associated with

emotions
expectancies
reinforcement
frustration

6. Latent learning does NOT show that

reinforcement is necessary for learning to occur
learning may take place in the absence of reinforcement
performance, not learning itself, is influenced by reinforcement
learning may not be apparent at the time it occurs

7. In their review of work on incentive motivation, Overmier and Lawry conclude that

incentives that informational properties
incentives have energizing properties
incentives have emotional properties
a and b

8. Bindra's model of motivation includes both _______ and _______ as components of a central motive state.

drives; cognitive maps
habits; drives
drives; incentives
cognitions; expectancies

9. A primary factor in sexual attractiveness is

physical attractiveness
social status of each person
intellectual ability
none of the above

10. A new idea that may help explain drug addiction is

addiction may be the result of both the hedonic value of the drug and a craving for a drug
the pain of withdrawal of the drug causes addiction
changes in the brain circuitry underlie incentive motivation involved in drug addiction
both a and c

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