To Psychologists, Motivation Refers To

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Multiple Choice

To psychologists, motivation refers to:

• A) a process in which an individual sets goals in order to increase his or her competence and skills.
• B) a state of tension resulting from the deprivation of physical needs, such as those for food and water.
• C) movement through a hierarchy of need, beginning with survival needs for sleep, food, and water and reaching needs for self-actualization.
• D) an inferred process within a person or animal that causes that organism to move toward a goal or away from an unpleasant situation.

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