External stimuli or rewards that we desire and can motivate behavior are called:

A. needs
B. drives
C. incentives
D. peripheral cues


Answer: C

Psychology

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Steve has just been discharged from the hospital with the diagnosis of residual schizophrenia. Steve's family is marked by high levels of intra-familial criticism, hostility, and emotional over-involvement. Which statement is accurate?

a. Steve's family environment probably influenced the onset of his disorder but will have little impact on his rate of relapse. b. Given Steve's diagnosis, his chances of relapse are minimal. c. Steve has a greater chance of relapse if he returns to his family than if he does not. d. Steve's family would receive a low EE score.

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The prenatal life support system includes the

a. amniotic sac. c. umbilical cord. b. placenta. d. all of these.

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Frotteurism is ____

a. rubbing up against strangers c. making obscene phone calls b. having sex with the dead d. having sex with animals

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Communication between which two types of cells may be conducive to certain kinds of thoughts, such as imagination, creativity, and dreaming?

a) epidermal and adipose cells b) glial cells and neurons c) bipolar and amacrine cells d) ganglion and axonal cells

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