Food-deprived rats will learn a new response if given nonnutritive,saccharine-sweetened water as a reward.Thus,the sweet-tasting water is motivating even though no actual hunger reduction takes place.This fact raises questions about
A) instinct theories of motivation.
B) sociobiological theories of motivation.
C) incentive theories of motivation.
D) drive theories of motivation.

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Drive theories of motivation suggest that behaviors are driven by the need to reduce physiological tension or deprivation, such as hunger. Since the saccharine-sweetened water does not reduce hunger but still motivates the rats, it challenges the idea that only physiological needs drive behavior, thus questioning drive theories.

Food-Deprived Rats Will Learn a New Response If Given Nonnutritive,saccharine-Sweetened