Question

Organismic theories of motivation:

(A) are based on the principles of instigation, inhibition, and consumption.
(B) are based on the principles of pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain.
(C) endorse a socialization model to understand motivation.
(D) endorse a person-environmental dialectical framework to understand motivation

Answer 1

Letter D is the correct answer.

The organismic theory was inspired by the German neurologist and psychiatrist Kurt Goldstein and highly influenced by gestalt psychology. Motivation is a process by which behavior is driven by energy and direction. In Psychology, organismic theories of motivation support a person-environmental dialectical framework to comprehend motivation.