Duncan Davies

Advanced Placement (AP)

8 November, 18:02

After your AP Psychology teacher announces that everyone in the class passed the last test, your friend Marco jumps up on the table and does a victory dance. When the laughter dies down, you start to wonder why Marco is so extraverted and impulsive.

Discuss how the following concepts may or may not be useful in explaining Marco's impulsive behavior.

* Drive-reduction theory

* Incentive theory

* Hierarchy of needs

* Instinct

* Operant conditioning

* Genetic predisposition