A study examining the effects of motivation by comparing high hopes of success vs. fear of failure when completing a task under increasing pressure showed that:

A. the brain chemicals were unaffected by hope of success.
B. high hopes of success induced high levels of cortisol.
C. motivation from hope of success produced chemicals to enable a high level of effectiveness without producing cortisol.
D. motivation by fear produced the fastest, most efficient and healthiest response.

B. high hopes of success induced high levels of cortisol.

Explanation:

A large body of evidence is dedicated to elucidating the relationship between pain and stress. Numerous prospective studies have reported baseline anxiety scores to be significant predictors of pain, depression, and a reduced quality of life. Importantly, pain itself is a stressor, and a maladaptive response to acute pain may intensify the pain experience and condition a sensitized physiologic stress response to pain-provoking stimuli. Exaggerated, prolonged, or recurrent activation of a sensitized stress response to pain or non–pain-related stressors may initiate or exacerbate pain and disability. Although the relationship between pain and stress is widely accepted, the underlying neuroendocrine mechanisms involved are less understood.

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