Why Do Drive-Reduction Approaches Fail to Offer a Complete Account

question 24

Multiple Choice

Why do drive-reduction approaches fail to offer a complete account of human motivation?

• A)Homeostasis does not accurately describe the mechanism by which primary drives operate.
• B)Drive-reduction approaches offer much better explanations of behaviors motivated by secondary drives than of behaviors motivated by primary drives.
• C)People are sometimes motivated to increase rather than decrease their level of stimulation.
• D)Drive-reduction approaches are vague about what,or even how many,primary drives exist.

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