AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The smell of chocolate chip cookies draws you into the kitchen to eat some. Which theory best explains your motivation?
A
Incentive
B
Drive Reduction
C
Optimum Arousal
D
Instinct
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which theory best explains why “sensation seekers” are motivated to engage in risky recreational behaviors such as mountain climbing? arousal theory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sensation Seeking. The most widely studied trait in the research on horror is sensation seeking.

Detailed explanation-3: -The arousal theory of motivation would be most helpful for explaining why: recreational skydivers jump out of airplanes. When a physiological need such as hunger creates an aroused tension state, this: drives the organism to reduce the need.

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