The expectancy theory of motivation predicts that a person will be motivated to work hard when __________.
A)Expectancy is high and instrumentality and valence are low.
B)Instrumentality is high and expectancy and valence are low.
C)Valence is high and expectancy and instrumentality are low.
D)Expectancy,instrumentality,and valence are all high.
E)Expectancy or instrumentality or valence equals zero.

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The expectancy theory of motivation predicts that a person will be motivated to work hard when all three components of the theory, expectancy, instrumentality, and valence are high. This means that the person believes their effort will lead to high performance (expectancy), high performance will lead to rewards (instrumentality), and these rewards are desirable (valence). Only option D satisfies this condition, where all three components are high, and hence, is the best choice.

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