Chapter 8 Definitions

Question 1

two kinds of achievement motivation

Answer 1

1) Implicit Achievement

2) Self-Attributed Motives

Question 2

Implicit Achievement

Answer 2

motivation might account for spontaneous actions

Question 3

Self-Attributed Motives

Answer 3

come into play when we have time to ponder achievement options and decisions

Question 4

Stability dimension of attribution

Answer 4

can explain performance on stable causes (ie. Intelligence) or unstable causes (luck)

Question 5

locus dimension of attribution

Answer 5

explains performance on stable causes that are either external or internal

Question 6

Control dimension of attribution

Answer 6

-whether we can or cannot control the cause of the success or failure

Question 7

Approach goals

Answer 7

motivated by a desire to achieve

Question 8

Avoidance goals

Answer 8

motivated by a wish to not feel incompetent (desire is not to succeed but rather not to fail)

Question 9

coronary-prone behavior pattern

Answer 9

referred to Type A personality

Question 10

3 major components that make up Type A trait

Answer 10

1. Type A work harder regardless of outside pressure
2. Show a sense of time urgency
3. More likely to respond to frustrating situations with anger and hostility
   This component became the most significant

Question 11

Dispositional Optimism

Answer 11

-personality variable which suggests people are relatively consistent in the extent to which they adopt these viewpoints.