Chapter 11 example #27466

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A high need for power is negatively correlated with __________.
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immune system activity
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__________ psychology is a branch of psychology that emphasizes the choices that people make in their lives, and how these choices factor into the process of growth and meeting your potential.
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Humanistic
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Henry Murray proposed that needs serve the purpose of maintaining __________.
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homeostasis
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Which of the following statements is true about Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs (according to Maslow)?
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A person must meet lower-level needs before he/she will turn attention toward meeting upper-level needs.
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Henry Murray's hierarchy of needs suggests that motivation is influenced by an "alpha press", which is __________.
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the objective reality of a situation
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Which of the following statements best summarizes the research on the need for power in men and women?
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Men and women have similar levels of the need for power, but men high in this need are more aggressive and impulsive than women high in this need.
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Carl Rogers proposed a form of humanistic psychotherapy known as __________.
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client-centered therapy
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Why study motivation in a personality psychology class?
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-Motives vary from person to person, and therefore count as individual differences. -Motivational differences are stable over time.
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Which of the following is the best definition of self-actualization, as defined within Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
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the motive to develop one's potential
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Which of the following life outcomes has been associated with a high need for achievement?
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academic success
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Research that was presented in class (e.g. Csikszentmihalyi, 1999) suggests that people are more likely to self-actualize when they __________.
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have frequent flow experiences
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Which of the following is NOT one of the levels in Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
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conditioning
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People with a high need for achievement tend to select challenges with a __________ degree of difficulty.
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moderate
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Henry Murray's hierarchy of needs suggests that motivation is influenced by an "beta press", which is __________.
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a person's subjective interpretation of a situation
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Which of the following is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) often criticized for?
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having low test-retest reliability