You bring a package home from the department store and your dog immediately jumps on you to investigate it; your 3-year-old niece comes to visit and opens all your kitchen cupboards to see what is inside; on a television documentary program, you see a monkey trying to open a box left in its cage. all of these are examples of

Arousal Motive

Explanation:

A motive is an unlearned drive which is meant to stimulate us such as curiosity.

Based on arousal theory we engage in particular activities to stimulate our physiological arousal and each person has different activities that they know stimulate their arousal levels.

For kids and dogs they are always stimulated or aroused by filling their curious mind with certain adventures that they engage in such as opening cupboards to find out what is there and even break it if possible for a child that is stimulating, it help them reach their own level of arousal.