Mary loves hang-gliding. It would be most difficult to explain Mary's behavior according to
A) incentives.
B) achievement motivation.
C) drive-reduction theory.
D) Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Answer: C) drive-reduction theory.
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is administered to only one group. b. there is no pretest to determine mathematics ability before the program c. the researcher does not control the assignment of participants to groups d. it is not conducted in a laboratory
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a. decay faster than those of visual stimuli. b. decay at about the same rate as those of visual stimuli. c. decay more slowly than those of visual stimuli. d. do not decay.
Information-processing theorists refer to sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory
as mental a. software. c. strategies. b. hardware. d. operations.
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His enjoyment of the task is all his own, and he rarely shows others his work. Many would call his motivation __________ in nature. a. instinctual b. arousal c. extrinsic d. intrinsic