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c. Performance-approach goald. Performanceavoidance goale. Mastery-avoidance goal

7. Self-determination theory suggests that people have three innate needs which need to befulfilled for intrinsic motivation to flourish

a. Existence, belongingness, goalsb. Physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness needsc. Attachment, sex, aggressiond. Competence, autonomy, relatedness to otherse. Competence, belongingness, relatedness to others

8. Self-actualisation needs differ from other needs in Maslows hierarchy in that they area. Deficiency needsb. Growth needsc. Belongingness needsd. Esteem needse. Physiological needs

9. John strongly values achieving good grades. He believes such an outcome is attainable thusprepares for the upcoming exam by studying. Which theory best explains his motivation?

a. Concept of drive theoryb. Expectancy-value theoryc. Goal setting theory xd. Self-determination theorye. None of the above

10.Osmometric thirst results from deficiency in __________ whilst volumetric thirst resultsfrom deficiency in __________.

a. Extracellular fluid; intracellular fluidb. Glucose; lipids.c. Osmometric fluid; volumetric fluidd. Intracellular fluid; extracellular fluide. Water; oxygen

11.A psychologist designs an experiment wherein subjects complete a personality test and anIQ test. This is a ___________ to personality research. A strength of this approach is that it

_________________.

a. Correlational approach, is cost-effectiveb. Clinical approach, considers the functioning of the whole personc. Experimental approach, is close to the scientific ideald. Psychological approach, is thoroughe. Experimental approach, generates new hypotheses

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12. Inhibition to the unfamiliar is a temperament variable. Children with this attribute becomeupset when confronted with unfamiliar stimuli.

a. If they had overprotective mothers, they were less likely to be depressed at age 21b. Actively confronting the experiences increased the negative effect of inhibitionc. Were likely to change if their mothers placed reasonable demands on themd. Were less fearful about a range of common situations at age 7 e. Were more fearful about a range of common situations at age 7

13.Johnnie needs a coffee before a lecture. During a lecture he bounces his leg up and down.He occasionally checks Facebook and makes comments to his neighbour about the lecture

content. Only this morning he made plans to go skydiving this afternoon. Johnnie is:

a. Stimulus hungryb. A risk-takerc. A poor studentd. Low in ARASe. High in ARAS

14. In Freuds structural model, the id, ego and superego are best conceived in terms of:a. Instincts, knowledge and rationalityb. Sexuality, destructiveness and the Ic. Biological drives, the sense of self and internalised moral standardsd. Unconscious, preconscious and conscious xe. Specific kinds of defence mechanisms

15.Carl Rogers considered problems with personality to arise from:a. Certain nodes that are activated regularly become wired together, creating a strong

link. Thus, when one is activated the rest of the script must play out.

b. A disparity between the persons ideal self and their self concept, so they changedtheir behaviour or self view to avoid the painful reality of this gap

c. From early maladaptive schemas, such as the abandonment, social isolation and xfailure schemas.

d. People are essentially good, but held back from their full potential by socialexperience

e. Because only 1% of the population are able to self-actualise16.Empiricism is

a. Knowledge by reasonb. Knowledge as a product of inborn faculties and environmental inputc. Knowledge gained through sensory experienced. Determined by naturee. All of the above

17.Dualism, as proposed by Descartes states that:a. The mind is subjective while the body is objectiveb. The mind is objective while the body is subjectivec. You cannot have body without mind

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