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 _____ theories of motivation.
A)instinct
B)sociobiological
C)incentive
D)drive

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Drive theories of motivation suggest that behaviors are motivated by the need to reduce internal tension caused by unmet biological needs, such as hunger. Since the saccharine-sweetened water does not reduce hunger, it challenges the drive theory by showing that motivation can occur without fulfilling a biological need.

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