A. the probability of success
B. the need to avoid failure
C. the incentive value of success
D. the fear of success
Related Mcqs:
- A student who is quite honest turns in the paper of another student as his own. When accused of dishonesty, he says, “nowadays everybody cheats in school, but, I’m always honest.” The student is using which type of defense mechanism?
A. compensation
B. projection
C. identification
D. repression - Leyton suggested that members are symbolic of structural discontent – at different times in history a (social) class comes under treat from another (social) class under treat from another social class and feel dissatisfaction. What did he call this?
A. Depressive
B. Over- controlled repressors
C. Paranoid- aggression
D. Homicidal protest - Rowena expects to be rewarded by her parents with a major present, such as a new car, if she graduates from college with honors. Her resulting hard work in college best illustrates the_________theory of motivation.
A. instinct
B. drive reduction
C. incentive
D. evolutionary - A student who has never studied decides to try it and is delighted to receive a B on the exam rather than the usual D. The student starts studying more regularly as a result of __________________?
A. classical conditioning
B. habituation
C. positive reinforcement
D. b and c - A student who has studied German in high school, takes a course in French in college and now has trouble remembering the German. This is an example of the effects of __________________?
A. retroactive interference
B. proactive interference
C. state-dependent learning
D. encoding specificity - Natasha claimed that her failure to get “A’s” in all her college courses meant she was incompetent. Her therapist calmly challenged this assertion, commenting, “By your strange calculations, well over 90 percent of all college students are incompetent!” The therapist’s response was most typical of a(n)______therapist.
A. eclectic
B. psychoanalytic
C. cognitive
D. behavior - When Professor ljaz nervously began teaching a university class for the first time, he overestimated the extent to which his student would notice that he was anxious. His reaction best illustrates:
A. reciprocal determinism
B. self-serving bias
C. the spotlight effect
D. an Electra complex - Jeff, who is 14, engages in rigorous tennis drills or competitive play at least four hours every day because he wants to master the sport and play on one of the best college teams in the country. His goal and behavior best illustrate the concept of:
A. human factors psychology
B. achievement motivation
C. homeostasis
D. 360-degree feedback - The need for achievement has been measured by which personality test?
A. Thematic Apperception Test
B. Sentence Completion
C. Rorschach
D. MMPI - In research on the need for achievement, individual differences are usually measured:
A. by observing subjects’ actual behavior in competitive situations
B. by interviewing subjects about their achievement needs
C. with the Thematic Apperception Test
D. With the Minnesota Multiphasic personality Inventory
