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What is the primary role of biological instincts in motivation?

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Biological drives, states of readiness that motivate an action, created by a biological need.

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What is the primary role of biological instincts in motivation?.

A.To create learned behaviors
B.To release stimuli and cues
C.To eliminate fixed-action patterns
D.To enhance cognitive processes

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Biological Instincts and Motivation

Biological instincts are innate drives that influence motivation through environmental cues and fixed-action patterns necessary for survival.

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