Question

Maisie waits for Black Friday each year to do her Christmas gift shopping. She maintains the tradition of gift-giving faithfully as it makes her feel a sense of kinship and attachment with her family and close friends. As she lives alone for most of the year, she strongly feels the need for relationships at this time of year. She steps out wearing a warm fur coat to protect herself from the sub-zero temperatures. As she shops for gifts, she comes across a pair of designer sunglasses that are on sale. She buys them immediately as she does not like the old pair of sunglasses, which have lost their sheen, and has been thinking of replacing them for some time. As a rule, every year, she buys her mother's gift last, only after she has checked out all the available gift options. This year too, she follows this. After some research, she gets her mother a pair of exquisite pearl earrings. She is a little anxious as she has spent a lot of money on them and hopes that her mother will like them. While at the jewelers, she decides to indulge herself as well. She buys herself an ornate Christmas dove . Maisie has been fascinated with Christmas doves for as long as she can remember. She has a huge collection of Christmas doves in various sizes and colors. Maisie comes back home tired but satisfied with her day's shopping.

In the Christmas shopping scenario, Maisie steps out wearing a warm fur coat to protect herself from the sub-zero temperatures. Which of the following drives Maisie to keep herself warm?
a. Mood-congruent judgment
b. Self-improvement motivation
c. Homeostasis
d. Flow
e. Hedonic motivation

Answer 1

C) Homeostasis

Step-by-step explanation:

Maisie did most of her Christmas shopping activities in order to satisfy affective and psychological needs, but keeping herself warm by using a warm fur coat has nothing to do with her feelings or mood, it is simply a biological need.

Homeostasis refers to the biological need of keeping her body temperature stable (warm) in order to avoid felling bad or getting sick.