Kelly believed that individuals are motivated by:

a. the fact of being alive.
c. past events.
b. instinctive drives.
d. the need to self-actualize.


ANS: A
FEEDBACK: Kelly did not accept the notion of determinism and held that we need no push from internal drives or needs because we are motivated by the fact of being alive. He saw no reason to invoke any other explanation.

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