Practice question · Select all that apply
Select every statement that is TRUE about motivation.
Hints
- Only one option is false; find the overclaim about drive-reduction.
- Sensation-seeking is the gap drive-reduction cannot fill.
Show the answer
- A. Instinct theory struggled to explain the flexibility of human behavior.
- B. A drive is the aroused psychological state produced by a physiological need.
- C. Incentive theory emphasizes external stimuli that pull behavior.
- E. Homeostasis is the stable baseline the organism seeks to restore.
Why
The drive-need relation, homeostasis, incentive theory's external pull, and instinct theory's limits are all true. Drive-reduction does NOT fully explain curiosity and thrill-seeking - the very behaviors incentive theory was proposed to cover.
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