Patrick ate a large breakfast. When he arrived for his 8:00 a.m. class, the student next to him offered Patrick a large raisin muffin. Even though Patrick was still quite full from breakfast, he ate the muffin that he was offered. In this instance, Patrick's behavior can BEST be explained using
a. drive theories of motivation.
b. instinctive theories of motivation.
c. incentive theories of motivation.
d. the self-awareness theory of motivation.
C
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A) Factories began hiring psychologists to lure employees back to industrial jobs. B) Workplace psychologists began to focus on the hiring and training of employees. C) Workplace psychology began to include more focus on the culture and organizational qualities of work. D) Psychologists realized that factory and office work environments were very similar.
The difference in sleep patterns when Dave was a child vs. when he was an adult is that during childhood:
a. There was less REM sleep and more deep sleep b. REM sleep was a greater percentage of his sleep c. An evening's sleep usually started with REM and in adulthood it usually started with non-REM sleep d. He experienced equal amounts of REM and non-REM sleep
Which of the following is the mean for a binomial distribution?
A) ?npq B) ?pn C) ?pq D) ?pnq
What condition could lawyers have argued that Louis Riel had suffered from when he led the Northwest Rebellion?
a) Megalomania b) Schizophrenia c) Bipolar disorder d) Psychopathy