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Motivation: Why Do We Do
What We Do?
PREVIEW QUIZ
True or False
- TFBiological drives are regulated by a principle known as hyperstatic
integration. - TFGeneral drives, unlike biological drives, are not inborn.
- TFThe need for autonomy is a motive to do what one wants to do.
- TFAccording to Freud, all motives are conscious.
- TFThe need for self-actualization is the need to maximize one’s talents
and potentialities.
(Answers can be found on page 105.)
Chapter 6 emphasized the point of view that much of our behavior is
determined by what we have learned. Another factor that determines much
of our behavior is motivation. Motives can be thought of as the forces
behind our actions. Learning and motivation have a close relationship.
They interact. For example, a motive may impel an action, but learning