The Concepts of Motivation and Emotion Are Similar in All

question 472

Multiple Choice

The concepts of motivation and emotion are similar in all of the following ways EXCEPT

• A)they both can trigger patterns of action
• B)they both are derived from the same Latin root
• C)they both are usually considered as responses to events
• D)they both involve states of arousal

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Definitions:

Mexican Philosopher

Refers to philosophers from Mexico who have contributed to various areas of philosophy, including ethics, politics, and metaphysics, drawing from native, European, and global traditions.

Positivism

This term used to be used as a synonym for empiricism. It has also been used to refer to the philosophy of nineteenth-century thinker Auguste Comte, who held that human behavior followed scientific laws and that social policy should be constructed on the basis of these laws. In recent times, it has come to mean the outlook advanced by logical positivists who hold that only sentences capable of empirical verification are really meaningful.

Emotions

Complex psychological states that involve a mixture of feelings, thoughts, physiological changes, and behaviors.

Polytheistic

The belief in or worship of more than one god, characteristic of various religions and cultural traditions.