Declan,a Ph.D.candidate,tells his department's undergraduate student organization that his dissertation research is in the area of motivation.Declan is investigating:
A)the ability to generate new solutions to problems.
B)the way behavior changes as a result of experience.
C)the factors that direct and energize the behavior of humans and other organisms.
D)the processes whereby information is encoded,stored,and retrieved.

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Motivation is the study of factors that direct and energize behavior, making choice C the most appropriate option. Choice A describes creativity, choice B describes learning and memory, and choice D describes cognitive processes.