Jared is a professional hockey player who plays the game extremely hard because he is terrified of failing and losing his position as a starter. Jerome's behaviour BEST illustrates:
A) avoidance motivation.
B) the need for achievement.
C) approach motivation.
D) implicit motivation.
A) avoidance motivation.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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a. independent b. individualist c. ideographic d. ideocentric
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A) The boy feels so angry when the bullies attack him that he can't control his reaction, and he punches and kicks them. B) The boy decides that even though he would like to beat the boys up, he was taught it is morally wrong to fight, and he will have to find some other way to get the bullying to stop. C) The boy realizes that if he were to get into a fight with the bullies during the school day, he might get in trouble with the school, so he decides to wait until after school to teach the bullies a lesson. D) The boy experiences an irrational fear of castration, even though he knows the bullies only intend to steal his lunch money, and he runs for his life. E) The boy has fantasies of bringing a gun to school and shooting the bullies next time, even though he has no access to any guns.
Lin works in a field that is concerned with the question of how much genes influence development. What is his field of study?
A. embryology B. behavior genetics C. developmental psychology D. genetics