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GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 34

Motivation, Emotion and Stress and Coping · Approaches to Motivation: Instinct, drive-reduction, arousal, incentive, humanistic, achievement and intrinsic motivation, aggression, curiosity and exploration · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Match the following:

Column IColumn II
PInstinctiEnvironmental motivation triggers
QIncentiveiiAre fixed action patterns
RSelf-actualizationiiiSelf-determination theory
SIntrinsic motivationivConsidered by Maslow as the highest need
  1. P:iv, Q: ii, R: iii, S: i
  2. P:ii, Q:i, R: iv, S:iii
  3. P: i, Q: iii, R: ii, S: iv
  4. P: iii, Q: i, R: iv, S: ii

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Correct answer: (B) P:ii, Q:i, R: iv, S:iii

Explanation

Instincts are fixed action patterns (ii). Incentives are triggers in the environment that motivate behaviour (i). Self-actualisation is the highest need in Maslow's hierarchy (iv). Intrinsic motivation is central to self-determination theory (iii).