The assumption that changes in specific factors activate circuits that in turn motivate the organism to engage in appropriate behavior typifies which approach to the study of motivation?
a. cognitive
b. mechanistic
c. internal
d. nomothetic
b
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What will be an ideal response?
Pain
a. can be purely psychological in nature. b. that is most severe and leads people to go to the doctor is objective (e.g., involves tissue damage) rather than subjective. c. is not influenced by ethnicity, but only degree of acculturation.. d. Does not seem to be influenced by sex.
Although great diversity characterizes the interests and concerns of investigators who study development, they share a single goal: to identify __________
A) genetic factors that contribute to longevity B) environmental factors that contribute to disease and illness C) those factors that lead to abnormal development in children and adolescents D) those factors that influence consistencies and transformations in people from conception to death
Which of the following is the weakest negative correlation?
a. 0 c. -.92 b. -.34 d. -.57