Regarding achievement motivation, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Achievement motivation develops early in life.
b. People with high achievement motivation were generally encouraged as children to be independent.
c. People with high achievement motivation were generally encouraged as children to attempt difficult tasks. d. All people with achievement motivation are primarily driven by intrinsic motivation.
e. Parental practices have a strong influence on the development of achievement motivation.
d
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a. peers b. parents c. teachers d. great figures from history
What is one explanation for why Lashley failed at finding the engram?
A. He used poor surgical methods. B. Not all memories are physiologically the same. C. The engram is continually changing location in the cortex. D. Classical conditioning had not been discovered yet.
If the dimes start coming out on a random basis, then you would expect the
response to (a) decrease, then cease completely (b) become very resistant to extinction, due to the partial reinforcement effect (c) remain unchanged, due to generalization effects (d) remain unchanged, due to spontaneous recovery
The two types of antipsychotic drugs that are available are
a. neurogenic and neurotoxic b. first-generation and second-generation c. excitatory and inhibitory d. typical and atypical