The desire to avoid stress is to ________ theory as the desire to avoid boredom is to ________ theory.

a. arousal; incentive
b. instinct; drive-reduction
c. incentive; instinct
d. drive-reduction; arousal

Answer: d. drive-reduction; arousal

Psychology

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The psychological view that combines thinking (and the expectation of the reward) with learning theory is known as

a. psychobehaviorism. b. cognitive behaviorism. c. cognitive functionalism. d. Gestalt psychology.

Psychology

A bird just flew in the window of the classroom, and crashed into a window on the other side of the room, making a loud noise. This incident immediately got the attention of everyone in the room. What would this scenario be referred to as?

a. intense stimuli. c. novel stimuli. b. repetitive stimuli. d. intense and novel stimuli.

Psychology