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GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 41

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 select

Which of the following option(s) do(es) NOT denote the state of internal physiological equilibrium that the body strives to maintain?

  1. Intrinsic motivation
  2. Homeostasis
  3. Instincts
  4. Drive

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Correct answer: (A) Intrinsic motivation; (C) Instincts; (D) Drive

Explanation

Homeostasis is the state of internal physiological balance the body tries to keep. Intrinsic motivation, instincts and drive are not that state: a drive is the psychological tension that arises when the balance is disturbed and pushes the person to restore it.