When one engages in an activity to attain some separable outcome, to get a reward or avoid punishment, one is exhibiting what kind of achievement motivation?
Answer: Extrinsic motivation
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When an athlete wins a competition, he or she is likely to emphasize his or her hard work and physical talents. When the athlete loses a competition, he or she is likely to emphasize the quality of his or her competition. This phenomenon illustrates the:
A) person–situation controversy. B) self-serving bias. C) narcissistic personality disorder. D) problem of implicit egotism.
As a major exam approaches, a teacher who is hoping to reduce stereotype threat and promote an incremental theory of intelligence would most likely:
a. remind test takers that males tend to do poorly on the problems. b. remind students that they inherited their IQ from their parents. c. cite research of a recent study showing that a particular gene is linked to IQ. d. let students know that hard work is the best way to prepare for the exam.
Stephen is a researcher who shows up at the laboratory on his skateboard in a dirty old t-shirt to meet his research participants. Which of the "six commandments of being a good researcher" does Stephen need to improve?
A) "being suave" B) "acting like an adult" C) "being honest" D) "being educated"
James Cattell was the first psychologist to offer a statistics course in the United States. What was the likely source of his focus on statistics?
a. He worked on many reaction time studies in the laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt. b. He was funded by Daniel Coit Gilman to do so. c. He met and worked with Francis Galton while teaching at Cambridge University. d. He worked and traveled extensively with John Dewey.