What is avoidance motivation?

What will be an ideal response?


A person characterized by avoidance motivation worries about the negative consequences of failure.

Psychology

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a. Sugar, phosphate, and nitrogen bases b. Chromosomes, carbon, and hydrogen c. Potassium, sugar, and nitrogen bases d. Chromosomes, cytoplasm, and nuclei

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The research design in which there are increasing (or decreasing) goal levels for the target behavior is referred to as a(n) ____________ design

a. alternating-treatments b. changing-criterion c. multiple-baseline d. A-B-A-B

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The prisoner’s dilemma game is an experiment designed to test ____.?

a. ?conflict b. ?deindividuation c. ?social norms d. ?cooperation

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What is an advantage of the between-subjects design versus the within-subjects design? a. It generally requires fewer participants

b. It usually is a more sensitive test (more likely to detect a treatment effect). c. It eliminates the risk of order effects. d. It eliminates potential problems that may be caused by individual differences.

Psychology