| Study Questions
Number 25 Chapter 12. Motivation. (447-463) |
Student
Name _____________________ Date due: 11-10-04 Introduction to Psychology 101 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
| 1. | What do we know about the children of gay parents? (447) |
| 2. | What is the critical thinking perspective of sexual orientation? (448) |
| 3. | What is need for achievement? What do people with high achievement motivation do? (450) |
| 4. | Today the predominant approach to understanding achievement motivation emphasizes goals rather than inner drives. A goal is most likely to improve your motivation and performance when what three conditions are met? (451) |
| 5. | What are performance goals? What are mastery goals? Which are powerful motivators? Explain why. (452) |
| 6. | What are self-fulfilling prophecies? (453) |
| 7. | What is self-efficacy? What are the effects of having self-efficacy? (453) |
| 8. | Describe five (5) of the seven (7) working conditions known to increase job involvement, motivation, and satisfaction. (454) |
| 9. | What is a "glass ceiling?' Why is it called that? (455) |
| 10. | Name and describe the three kinds of motivational conflicts. (456-457) |
| 11. | Maslow's theory of a hierarchy of needs has received little empirical support. What are some reasons that would be so? (457) |
| 12. | Recently, a conceptualization of universal psychological needs has been developed by researchers who studied large samples of students in the United States and South Korea. Name and describe each of the top four needs. (457-458) |
| 13. | What are the major nongenetic reasons for weight gain? (459) |
| 14. | What suggestions does research offer for anyone caught up in the dieting dilemma? (459-460) |