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CBSE · Class 11 · Psychology

Motivation and Emotion

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks · Time: 36 minutes

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Show your working for Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
A lack or deficit of some necessity is a:
  1. goal
  2. emotion
  3. drive
  4. need
2.
Kabir chooses a moderately hard project over an easy one. Which motive is at work?
  1. hunger
  2. thirst
  3. need for achievement
  4. curiosity and exploration
3.
In Maslow’s hierarchy, painting to develop one’s full potential meets which need?
  1. esteem needs
  2. safety needs
  3. physiological needs
  4. self-actualisation needs
4.
Emotion shown through standing very close while talking uses which channel?
  1. physical distance
  2. gesture and posture
  3. facial expression
  4. syntax
5.
In Plutchik’s pairs of opposite emotions, what is the opposite of disgust?
  1. joy
  2. anger
  3. anticipation
  4. acceptance
6.
As a tip for managing emotions, what does enhancing self-awareness mean?
  1. using your own best past performance as inspiration
  2. trying to understand others’ feelings
  3. knowing how and why you feel as you do
  4. reviewing your past accomplishments and states
7.
In Maslow’s hierarchy, counting physiological needs as level 1, how many levels above physiological needs are esteem needs?
  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. 1
8.
Which behaviour best fits self-actualisation needs?
  1. painting to develop one’s full potential
  2. eating when hungry
  3. working for respect and recognition
  4. locking the door at night
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
What is motivation?
10.
Name the motive in each case. (a) Zoya calls friends over after hearing good news. (b) Dev drinks two glasses of water after a long run.
11.
Is each motive biological or psychosocial? (a) need for achievement (b) hunger
12.
Is each a monitoring or a blunting strategy for examination anxiety? (a) asking friends or teachers for help (b) taking a mock examination
13.
Name Plutchik’s opposite of each emotion: (a) acceptance (b) joy
14.
Name the channel of emotional expression: (a) standing very close while talking (b) folded arms and a stiff posture
15.
Explain each tip for managing emotions: (a) having empathy (b) enhancing self-awareness
16.
Suppose Meera plans a 6-hour revision session in blocks of 50 minutes, each followed by a 10-minute break for light exercise. How many full blocks fit, and which kind of strategy for examination anxiety are the planning and the exercise?
Section C — Word problems4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Explain the motivational cycle.
18.
Match each with its example: (a) safety needs (b) physiological needs (c) belongingness and love needs. Choose from: locking the door at night; eating when hungry; joining a club to make friends.
19.
Ananya chooses a moderately hard project over an easy one. (a) Which concept does this show? (b) Explain your answer.
20.
Put these steps of the motivational cycle in the correct order: reaching the goal; drive (arousal); goal-directed behaviour.
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QAnswerWorking
1(d) need—
2(c) need for achievement—
3(d) self-actualisation needs—
4(a) physical distance—
5(d) acceptance—
6(c) knowing how and why you feel as you do—
7(c) 3level 4 − level 1
8(a) painting to develop one’s full potential—
9The process of persistent behaviour directed towards a specific goal, arising from driving forces within the person.—
10(a) need for affiliation (b) thirst—
11(a) psychosocial (b) biological—
12(a) monitoring (b) monitoring—
13(a) disgust (b) sadness—
14(a) physical distance (b) gesture and posture—
15(a) trying to understand others’ feelings (b) knowing how and why you feel as you do—
166 full blocks; planning and preparing is monitoring, light exercise is blunting6 × 60 = 360 minutes; ÷ (50 + 10) = 6 full blocks
17A need creates a drive (tension or arousal), which leads to goal-directed behaviour; reaching the goal reduces the drive and the organism returns to a balanced state.—
18(a) locking the door at night (b) eating when hungry (c) joining a club to make friends—
19(a) need for achievement (b) The desire to meet standards of excellence, preferring moderately hard tasks and feedback—
20drive (arousal) → goal-directed behaviour → reaching the goal—