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Which of the following is the best definition of motivation?
 
  a. The process involved when people seek to meet their personal needs
  b. The process involved when goal-directed activity is instigated and sustained
  c. The process involved when people increase their behavior to receive reinforcers and avoid punishers
  d. The process involved in which people seek to be all they can be and become self-actualized

Question 2

Of the following, which is the most accurate description of social development?
 
  a. The relatively stable inherited characteristics that influence the way one responds to social and physical stimuli
  b. The advances people make in their ability to interact and get along with others
  c. The changes that occur in people as they have experiences with their physical environments
  d. The advances people make in their awareness of their individual strengths and weaknesses



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b



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