What describes the situational and personality factor that causes positive and negative motivation eventually causing changes in subjective well-being?
A. Intrinsic motivation
B. Self-determination theory of optimal motivation
C. Extrinsic motivation
D. Motivated reasoning
Answer: B
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c. are a manifestation of physical symptoms mostly due to anxiety d. Are one form of typical child abuse
Dr. Honani is studying conceptual learning among monkeys. What ethical obligations does he have towards these primates?
a. ?He must act ethically, but his research does not need to be reviewed. b. ?He must obtain informed consent, as primates are intelligent beings. c. ?He must pay attention to the primates' physical and psychological well-being. d. ?Neither the APA nor the federal government provide ethical standards for animal research.
The notion that individuals with pedophilic disorder can eliminate their sexual attraction has ______ support from empirical research.
a. no b. mixed c. modest d. strong
Both social facilitation and social loafing are manifestations of the influence that the presence of others have on our behaviors. These phenomena differ, however, in that presence of others ______ in social facilitation situations and _______ in social loafing situations.
A. increases evaluation apprehension; decreases evaluation apprehension B. impairs performance on simple tasks; impairs performance on complex tasks C. decreases arousal; increases arousal D. enhances performance on simple tasks; impairs performance on complex tasks.