According to ________, the desirable properties of external stimuli account for a person's motivation.

A. incentive approaches to motivation
B. arousal approaches to motivation
C. drive-reduction approaches to motivation
D. cognitive approaches to motivation


Answer: A

Psychology

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Experiments on conformity suggest that conformity decreases under all but which of the following conditions?

a. when people give their responses in private rather than in public b. when the size of the group increases c. when the task is less ambiguous d. when there is another person who does not conform e. when people have higher self-esteem

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A psychologist who favors the gestalt approach would be most likely to criticize the fact that behaviorists

a. ignore the context in which a behavior occurs. b. overemphasize introspection. c. are not sufficiently rigorous in designing d. pay too much attention to insight.

Psychology

Having someone demonstrate the correct behavior for the learner is called _________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A zĀ­score communicates a raw score's

a. absolute magnitude. b. distance from the mean in standard deviations. c. direction from the standard deviation. d. variability.

Psychology