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Unit 7 – Motivation, Emotion, and Personality
Topic 7.2
Which critique best applies to Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory regarding motivation?
Its assumptions about intrinsic motivations are oversimplified.
The theory gives too much emphasis on environmental influences over genetics.
Its concepts are difficult to empirically test or measure.
The theory doesn't account for learned behaviors impacting motivation levels.
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