The Motive to Engage in a Behavior in Order to Earn

question 48

True/False

The motive to engage in a behavior in order to earn a pleasurable reward is called the hedonic
motive.

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Definitions:

Dissociative Amnesia

A psychological condition characterized by memory loss that is too significant to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A psychological condition where a person experiences two or more distinct identities or personality states, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the world.

Dissociative Fugue

An infrequent psychiatric syndrome characterized by short-term memory loss relating to self-identity, which includes forgetting personal history, personality, and individual specific attributes.

Depersonalization-derealization Disorder

A disorder marked by periods of feeling detached from one’s body or thoughts (depersonalization) and feeling that the world is not real (derealization).