The idea that people are motivated by pleasure and pain is called:

a. homeostasis
b. hedonism
c. growth motivation
d. locus of control


b

Psychology

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Freud regarded _____ as our primary motivation

a. sex c. fear b. reliability d. morality

Psychology

For some older adults, a consequence of reaching a sense of extinction in later life is

a. transcendence. b. building new sources of social support. c. suicide. d. trusting in interdependence.

Psychology

An adult has just been found guilty of incest. What can we safely assume? a. The victim was genetically related to the perpetrator. b. The victim was in the direct care of the perpetrator. c. The victim was legally related to the perpetrator

d. None of these have to be true.

Psychology

People with a self-serving bias attribute their success to ________ factors and their failures to ________ factors

a. informative; normative b. normative; informative c. internal; external d. situational; dispositional e. prejudicial; discriminatory

Psychology