AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Stimulus Motive is:
A
Theory that all emotions have similar bodily responses
B
Desire for stimulation
C
Theory that emotions follow behavioral reactions
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Stimulus motives are motives that signify our craving for stimulation. They include activity, curiosity, exploration, manipulation, and sensory stimulation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stimulus motives: express our needs for stimulation and information. For example, activity, curiosity, exploration, throwing parties, surf the net, reading, hanging out with friends, emailing each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -exploration. test anxiety. boredom.

Detailed explanation-4: -Avoidance Motivation The motive or desire to avoid failure. Cannon-Bard Theory The belief that emotional and physiological reactions to triggering stimuli occur almost simultaneously.

Detailed explanation-5: -Stimulus motives occur after one finds out information through one’s senses, as in the case of seeing a poster for a band. This does not need to occur for biological motives, which the body can figure out for itself.

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