Stella studies for her exam so she can earn a passing grade and maintain her scholarship. dorothy studies for her exam because that seems to be the only time her parents leave her alone. though stella and dorothy are both studying for their respective exams, on which of the following bases do they differ?

d. motives

Explanation:

This question is incomplete. The options for this question are:

a. optimal level of arousal

b. persistence

c. intensity

d. motives

In psychology, the term motive refers to an state of arousal that influences in the way we behave. In other words, it is something that has influence in our decisions because we consider it as important.

In this example, Stella studies for her exam so she can maintain her scholarship. On the other hand Dorothy studies for the exam so that her parents leave her alone. We can see that the scholarship is something that Stella considers important while Dorothy considers important that her parents leave her alone. This reasons are influencing their behavior, and while they both are studying, they differ in their motives.

explanation:

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as university of miami psychologists debra lieberman and adam smith pointed out in a recent article in the journal current directions in psychological science, humans have social and psychological mechanisms to deter incest. with very few exceptions, marriages between brothers and sisters and between parents and their children are verboten in every human culture. the primary psychological anti-incest mechanism is the yuck response. even the idea of sex with their mom or dad, bro or sis is upsetting to most people. the psychologist jonathan haidt has found that nearly everyone is repelled by the prospect of brother-sister sex, even in hypothetical situations in which there is no chance of pregnancy).

the biological cost of incest

this raises an interesting question: just what’s so bad about incest? sure, having sex with your dad or your sister seems gross — but why? some anthropologists have argued that incest taboos are learned social conventions. this explanation, however, doesn’t make sense to me as it does not explain the widespread existence of anti-incest mechanisms in creatures ranging from cockroaches to chimpanzees. second, the incest taboo is about as close to a universal law as human moral rules get.

why should mechanisms to avoid incest be so widespread both in nature and across human societies? the answer is simple. the problem with having sex close with relatives is that there is an astonishingly high chance that your offspring will be born with a serious birth defect.