Which of the Following Is NOT Among the Shortcomings of Instinct

question 121

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT among the shortcomings of instinct approaches to motivation?

• A)Instinct approaches can account only for physiological motivations,not psychological ones.
• B)Instinct theorists identified too many different instincts for the theory to be useful.
• C)Instinct theorists disagreed on the precise instincts guiding behavior.
• D)Instinct theorists fail to explain why certain specific patterns of behavior have evolved in a given species.

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Independent Variable

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Control Group

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Anonymous Questionnaire

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