W3 Chapter 5.2 - Needs, Motives and Personality

Question 1

What are dispositional motives?

Answer 1

The dispositional tendency toward a high or low level of some motive

Question 2

What was Murray’s (1938) view of the influence of dispositional tendency regarding needs and motives?

Answer 2

All people have the same basic needs but a dispositional tendency toward a certain “level” of each need

Question 3

What is apperception?

Answer 3

Interpreting a present stimulus in light of one’s personal experience and motives

Question 4

What is the Thematic Apperception Test?

Answer 4

A particular method of assessing the strength of a motive through narrative fantasy

Question 5

Describe the process of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?

Answer 5

a person is shown images and is asked to create a narrative to describe what’s happening. This will give insight into the person’s implicit motives