The Concepts of Motivation and Emotion Are Similar in All

question 52

Multiple Choice

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

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

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A reflex developed through training in response to a stimulus that is typically neutral.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without any need for prior learning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

An innate trigger that spontaneously and effortlessly evokes a reaction without the need for previous learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.