Chapter 6

Question 1

a stable personality characteristic that reflects the tendency to strive for success

Answer 1

Achievement motive

Question 2

how was the achievement motive measured?

Answer 2

by people’s responses to the TAT (Thematic Apperception Test)

Question 3

What were the problems with the TAT cards which were presented to men and women in the 50s and 60s when it came to measuring achievement motivation?

Answer 3

1. The domains studied (TAT cards) were more relevant to men than women
2. the characteristics that defined the motive conflicted with the characteristics of the female gender role

Question 4

What is one area of research that has addressed how women reconcile a need for achievement with a need to adhere to a female gender role:

Answer 4

Fear of achievement/success

Question 5

the association of negative consequences with achievement

Answer 5

the fear of success Horner 1972

Question 6

Effect of feedback on evaluation

Answer 6

shows that women are more affected by feedback in general whether it be positive or negative
men more than likely are not effected and stay about the same regardless the feed back they get

Question 7

The effect of feedback can be influenced by

Answer 7

women have lower self-esteem than men

Question 8

this suggest that the salience of these kinds of stereotypes may have a negative impact on the women’s performance

Answer 8

stereotype threat

Question 9

this is when a performance is assumed to reflect ability that is unchangeable

Answer 9

fixed mindset

Question 10

performance is assumed to reflect effort that is modifiable

Answer 10

growth mindset

Question 11

those with this kind of mindset are more likely to challenging tasks and to lose confidence when a task becomes difficult

Answer 11

fixed minset

Question 12

this mind set earn higher grades and recover more quickly when they have received a poor grade

this can also protect against stereotypical threat

Answer 12

growth mindset

Question 13

men maintain an interdependent sense of self that is separate from others ( emphasizing personal attributes and skills)

Answer 13

independent self-construal

Question 14

maintain an interdependent sense of self in which others are integrated into the self

Answer 14

interdependent self-construal

Question 15

There are 2 kinds of interdependence:

Answer 15

relational interdependence and collectional interdependence

Question 16

those that emphasizes close relationship with other people

Answer 16

relational interdependence

Question 17

those derived from group memberships and affiliation

Answer 17

collective interdependence

Question 18

located within the person

Answer 18

internal attributes

Question 19

located in the environment

Answer 19

external attributes

Question 20

one that does not change across time or situation

Answer 20

stable attribution

Question 21

one that does change across time and situations

Answer 21

unstable attribution

Question 22

what does the expectancy model of attributes show?

Answer 22

when performance fits our expectations we attribute the cause to stable factors