Which of the following words best explains the incentive theory of motivation?

A. pulling us
B. pushing us
C. helping us
D. hurting us


Answer: A

Psychology

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In speeches about political policies, politicians tend to ____

a. grossly overemphasize trade-offs when they are running for office b. ignore trade-offs when they are running for office c. grossly overemphasize trade-offs once they are in office d. ignore trade-offs once they are in office

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According to the research on students' distribution of their study time, they tend to

a. systematically study the difficult items more than the easy ones. b. study the difficult items somewhat more than the easy ones. c. devote the same amount of time to both the difficult items and the easy ones. d. study the easy ones somewhat more than the difficult ones.

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First graders think more concretely, and it would be unrealistic to ask them to tackle national abstract issues. Which topic would work best with this age group?

A) family B) other cultures C) the jungle D) the desert

Psychology

Our capacity to detect whether a high-frequency sound comes from our left or right reflects an analysis of

A) the fundamental overtones. B) a sonic shadow that reflects differences in loudness (loudness is greater in the ear closest to the sound_. C) differences in arrival times at the eardrums. D) differences in sound phase. E) differences in frequency overtones reaching the ears.

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