AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to motivation theorists, we would expect people generally to be
A
more similar in biological than in social needs
B
more similar in social than in biological needs
C
highly varied in both social and biological needs
D
quite similar in both biological and social needs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Instinct Theory of Motivation views biological or genetic programming as the cause of motivation. This claim means that all humans have the same motivations due to our similar biological programming. This theory says that the root of all motivations is the motivation to survive.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is one of the best-known theories of motivation. Maslow’s theory states that our actions are motivated by certain physiological and psychological needs that progress from basic to complex.

Detailed explanation-3: -Three Main Theories on Motivation are 1. Optimal-level Theory, 2. Psychoanalytic Theory 3. Humanistic Theory!

Detailed explanation-4: -Drive theory: The belief that behavior is motivated by drives that arise from biological needs that demand satisfaction. incentive theory: The belief that our attraction to particular goals or objects motivates much of our behavior. The belief that behavior is motivated by instinct.

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