Explain how the drive to avoid pain and the sex drive are similar to and different from hunger and thirst

What will be an ideal response?

Answer will include that hunger, thirst, avoidance of pain, and the sex drive are all biological motives, are regulated by the hypothalamus, and are influenced by external factors, such as learning and cultural conditioning. Although all are biological motives, there are differences. The avoidance of pain is innate and is necessary for individual survival like hunger and thirst, while the sex drive is not necessary for individual survival, but is innate and necessary for the survival of the species. While hunger and thirst come and go in fairly regular cycles each day and are also homeostatic, pain avoidance and sex are episodic drives, that is, they occur in distinct episodes. Regarding pain, this drive occurs in distinct episodes when bodily damage takes place or is about to occur. Most drives (hunger and thirst) prompt us to actively seek a desired goal (food, drink, and warmth). Pain prompts us to avoid or eliminate sources of discomfort. Unlike hunger and thirst, the sex drive is largely nonhomeostatic (relatively independent of bodily need states.) In humans, the sex drive can be aroused at virtually anytime by almost anything. It, therefore, shows no clear relationship to deprivation