Motivation, Emotion, and Personality
Lily Scott
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Study Guide Overview
This AP Psychology study guide covers personality, motivation, and emotion, making up 11-15% of the exam. Key concepts include theories of personality, motivation (drive-reduction, incentive, intrinsic vs. extrinsic, optimal arousal, Yerkes-Dodson Law), and emotion (James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Two-Factor, Lazarus’s appraisal, LeDoux’s). It also explores stress (GAS), important figures like Maslow, James, Selye, Schachter, and Kinsey, and provides practice questions and exam tips.
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Question 1 of 11
What does the term 'motivation' most accurately refer to? 🤔
An individual's unique pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
A full-body response involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious thoughts
The needs or desires that energize and direct our behavior
The process by which we perceive and respond to events that we see as threatening or challenging