Animals Display Automatic and Innate Behavior Patterns Called

question 342

Multiple Choice

Animals display automatic and innate behavior patterns called:

• A) sensation-seeking behaviors.
• B) incentive behaviors.
• C) drives.
• D) fixed action patterns.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud’s theory of personality and system of therapy for treating mental disorders.

Personality Theory

The study of personality that aims to understand the differences in individuals’ characteristics, behaviors, and thinking patterns.

Psychic Energy

In psychoanalytic theory, a fundamental concept representing the drive or force within the psyche that motivates human behavior.

Libido

To Freud, the form of psychic energy, manifested by the life instincts, that drives a person toward pleasurable behaviors and thoughts. To Jung, a broader and more generalized form of psychic energy.