Regarding Incentives, Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 145

Multiple Choice

Regarding incentives, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Our actions are energized by a mixture of internal needs and external incentives.
• B)Incentive value cannot be used to explain the drives for success, status, and approval.
• C)Some goals are so desirable that they can motivate behavior in the absence of an internal need.
• D)Some goals are so low in incentive value that they may be rejected even if they could meet the internal need.

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Definitions:

Empiricism

A philosophical stance positing that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience.

Structuralism

An early school of psychology that aimed to understand the structure of the mind by analyzing the basic components of thoughts and sensations.

Empiricists

Philosophers who emphasize that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience.

Proximal Stimuli

The patterns of stimuli from objects and events that actually reach your senses (eyes, ears, skin, etc.), influencing perception.