Incentive Approaches to Motivation Are

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Multiple Choice

Incentive approaches to motivation are:

• A)theories suggesting that a lack of some basic biological need produces a drive to push an organism to satisfy that need.
• B)theories suggesting that we try to maintain certain levels of stimulation and activity.
• C)theories suggesting that motivation stems from the desire to attain external rewards.
• D)theories suggesting that motivation is a product of people's thoughts,expectations,and goals.

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