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A research participant eats half a bowl of M&M candies, and then stops eating. How would a motivation researcher using drive reduction theory explain this participant’s behavior?
(A) Humans are instinctively driven to eat sugar and fat when presented to them.
(B) The Yerkes-Dodson law explains that people will eat food when presented to them, but usually in moderate amounts in order to avoid being perceived as selfish.
(C) The primary drive of hunger motivated the person to eat, and then stop when she/he regained homeostasis.
(D) The research participant was satisfying the second step on the hierarchy of needs: Food needs.
(E) Each person uses incentives in order to determine what to be motivated to do. This person decided on a hunger incentive and ate half the candies.
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(C) The primary drive of hunger motivated the person to eat, and then stop when she/he regained homeostasis.
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Explanation
Drive Reduction theory states that we are motivated by primary drives (like hunger) and secondary drives, and that we act to satisfy these drives until we regain a state of homeostasis (balance—in this case, we are no longer hungry). The other options each relate to a different motivation theory.
Posted : 10/07/2024 8:46 am