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Psychology of Learning Nptel Week 5 Answers (July-Dec 2025)
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Question 1. Motivation is seen as a ___ that drives and directs human behavior.
a) hormonal impulse
b) mental impulse
c) attention deficit
d) judgment delay
Question 2. Which of the following is false regarding motivation?
a) Motivation is an internal process
b) Motivation can be directly observed
c) Motivation activates people’s actions
d) None of the above
Question 3. Which of the following does not come under intrinsic motivation?
a) interests
b) social pressure
c) curiosity
d) self-satisfaction
Question 4. Doing something/behaving well because one feels pressure from within is called ___.
a) introjected regulation
b) amotivation
c) identified motivation
d) None of the given
Question 5. Which of the following is not a biological need/drive?
a) love
b) food
c) water
d) oxygen
Question 6. ___ theory suggests that people are motivated to take action in order to receive a reward.
a) incentive
b) biological
c) arousal
d) goal setting
Question 7. The Arousal Theory of Motivation was first proposed by ___.
a) Hall
b) Watson
c) Bandura
d) Murray
Question 8. ___ theory is based on the assumption that our behavior is based on making a conscious choice from a set of possible alternative behaviors.
a) arousal
b) expectancy
c) drive
d) goal setting
Question 9. Which of the following is not an attribute of effective goal setting?
a) unrealistic goals
b) specific goals
c) time based goals
d) assignable goals
Question 10. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs consists of ___ tiers.
a) four
b) three
c) six
d) five
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