The Motive Perspective pt.2 Flashcards
What does a need for achievement predict?
Several goal-oriented variables
What is the “Need for Achievement?”
The desire to do things well and to feel pleasure from overcoming obstancles
What is the “Need for Power?”
The motive to have impact on others, to have prostige, and to feel strong over others and objects
What does a need for power predict?
predicts variables that are associated with signifiers of power and status
What are some negative outcomes of a need for power?
can result in harmful behaviour in relationships, and the use of alcohol
What is an important moderator for the need for power
responsibility
The need for power predicts more effective ____________.
Presidents
What is the Need for Affiliation?
The motive to spend time with others and form friendly social ties
What is the “Inhibited Power Motivation”
The condition of having more need for power than affiliation but restraining its power becasue of something (like responsibility)
What does Inhibited Power Motivation Predict?
managerial and persuasion success
Inhibited Power Motivation can be influential in starting/avoiding _______.
War
Our motives can be ______ or _______
implicit (motives) or explicit (incentives)
Motives tend to be more ______, _______, and ________. Whereas self-attributed motives are more _________ and ___________.
Basic, primative, and automatic
Particular and structured
