Question

Annabel hasn't slept in two days. her friends tell her they will buy her movie ticket if she goes out with them. annabel chooses instead to go home and go to bed. why does annabel make this choice?

Answer 1

Sleep is a biological reinforcer and Annabel was sleep deprived.

Answer 2

Answer: Annabel needed to sleep.

Explanation: Human beings have necessities, that go from basic physiological needs such as (food, sleep, water, sex, breathing) to more complex ones that include social or trascendental needs, according to Maslow. The theory of the hierarchy of needs explains that basic physiological needs have to be satisfied in order to worry about satisfying more complex ones.

In this particular case, Annabel needed to satisfy her physiological need of sleeping first, because she considered it was more important and urgent than to satisfy the social need.