Motivation - Drive reduction, instinct, bio, incentive, maslow

Motivation is defined by psychologists as

• an impulse to accomplish something of significance.

• rigidly patterned behavior characteristic of all people.

• a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal.

• the cause of behavior.

A complex, unlearned, and fixed pattern of behavior common to all members of a

species is called a(n)

• homeostatis.

• drive.

• instinct.

• incentive.

For a thirsty person, drinking water serves to reduce

• a drive.

• an instinct.

• an incentive.

• homeostasis.

Positive and negative environmental stimuli that motivate behavior are called

• needs.

• incentives.

• instincts.

• drives.

The most basic or lowest-level need in Maslow's hierarchy of human motives includes

the need for

• self-esteem.

• love and friendship.

• religious fulfillment.

• food and water.

When you lack something it is called a(n) _________ 

• drive
• instinct
• need

An internal condition that turns an individual toward a specific goal is a(n) ______

• drive
• need
• pull

The tendency for one's body to return to  a balanced state is called:

• satisfaction
• deprivation
• homeostasis

Drive-Reduction Theory is best explained by understanding there is a ______ something

• lack of
• desire for
• incentive for

What drives an organism to act a certain way in order to satisfy/return to homeostasis?

• psychological need
• biological need
• biological drive