Bill hasn't eaten for four days and is very hungry.A friend offers to take him to lunch or to a new Arnold Schwartzennegger movie that she knows Bill wants to see.The drive theory of motivation would predict:
A)Bill is equally likely to select either option.
B)Bill will select the lunch.
C)Bill will select the movie.
D)Bill will not select either option.

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The drive theory of motivation suggests that biological drives such as hunger and thirst will push an individual to act in ways that reduce those drives. Bill's hunger would be a strong biological drive, and thus he would be more likely to choose the option of lunch, which would reduce his hunger. Therefore, choice B is the most likely.

Bill Hasn't Eaten for Four Days and Is Very Hungry