Which of the following best supports an incentive view of motivation?

A) a hungry mouse runs to the end of a maze to get food
B) a thirsty child turns on the garden hose to get water
C) a woman eats a piece of birthday cake although she is not hungry
D) a wildcat licks its paw to remove a thorn

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destiny hafford · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  The incentive view of motivation suggests that behavior is motivated by a desire for external rewards or incentives, rather than internal needs or drives. In choice C, the woman eats cake not because of an internal need (hunger), but because of an external reward (the pleasure or social aspect of eating cake at a birthday celebration), which aligns with the incentive theory of motivation.

Which of the following best supports an incentive view of motivation?

A) a hungry mouse runs to the end of a maze to get food
B) a thirsty child turns on the garden hose to get water
C) a woman eats a piece of birthday cake although she is not hungry
D) a wildcat licks its paw to remove a thorn

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Which of the following best supports an incentive view of motivation?A) a hungry mouse runs to the end of a maze to get foodB) a thirsty child turns on the garden hose to get waterC) a woman eats a piece of birthday cake although she is not hungryD) a wildcat licks its paw to remove a thorn

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Which of the following best supports an incentive view of motivation?

A) a hungry mouse runs to the end of a maze to get food
B) a thirsty child turns on the garden hose to get water
C) a woman eats a piece of birthday cake although she is not hungry
D) a wildcat licks its paw to remove a thorn