AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If a person does not eat for a period of time, it causes a need for food. This need produces a state of tension. The tension energizes the person to act in some way to find food, thereby returning the body to homeostasis. This is an example of
A
intrinsic action pattern
B
sympathetic nervous system
C
extrinsic motivation
D
drive reduction theory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A “drive” is a state of arousal or tension triggered by a person’s physiological or biological needs. These needs include hunger, thirst, need for warmth, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Instinct theory was replaced by drive-reduction theory: the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the drive theory of motivation or drive theory, people behave a certain way to reduce the internal tension created in the body as a result of unfulfilled biological needs. The arousal or the state of inner tension that develops within the body due to these needs is known as a ‘drive’.

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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ghrelin is made in your stomach and signals your brain when you’re hungry. Your fat cells produce leptin. Leptin lets your brain know when you have enough energy stored and feel “full.”

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