List the characteristics of people who have high achievement motivation. Include some parenting characteristics that are important in the development of a person with high need for achievement.?

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People with high achievement motivation tend to set challenging and difficult but realistic goals. They actively pursue success and are willing to take risks in that pursuit. They experience intense satisfaction from success and are not particularly bothered by failure if they feel they have tried their best. People who are motivated to achieve tend to be preoccupied with their own performance and level of ability. They prefer tasks that have clear-cut outcomes—tasks that leave no question about whether they succeeded or failed. They tend to persist at a task, even after repeated failure, and struggle on their own before seeking assistance. They enjoy receiving concrete feedback about their progress. Finally, they tend to delay immediate gratification and make careful plans about the future, especially about career goals.
Parenting behaviors that contribute to the development of high achievement motivation include encouraging independent thinking, rewarding success with hugs and other signs of affection, encouraging children to attempt difficult tasks, especially new ones, encouraging children to find ways to succeed instead of complaining about failure, and prompting children to go on to the next, somewhat more difficult, challenge.?

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