THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
PSYCHOLOGY MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
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Question
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The smell of chocolate chip cookies draws you into the kitchen to eat some. Which theory best explains your motivation?
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incentive
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drive reduction
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optimum arousal
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instinct
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Yerkes-Dodson law predicts that most people perform easy tasks best at high levels of arousal and difficult tasks best at low levels of arousal. The term baseline state applies best to the opponent-process theory of motivation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The optimal level of arousal theory can be applied to explain why people seek out social activities such as going to the club or attending a party. According to the theory, people are motivated to seek out situations that provide the right amount of stimulation – not too much and not too little (Gross, 1998).
Detailed explanation-3: -Instinct theory (evolutionary perspective) focuses on genetically predisposed behaviors for all members of a given species.
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