week 5

Question 1

a need definition

Answer 1

A need is any condition that is essential to a person and
necessary for life, growth, and well-being.

Question 2

When needs are nurtured what 3 things occur

Answer 2

growth occurs, life is
maintained, and well being is enhanced.

Question 3

when needs are thwarted it will produce damage that

Answer 3

s biological or psychological well-being.

Question 4

3 types of need

Answer 4

psychological needs, physiological needs, implicit motives

Question 5

What is a physiological need

Answer 5

a biological condition within the organism that
synchronizes brain structures, hormones, and major organs to regulate bodily
well-being.

Question 6

example of physiological need

Answer 6

thirst, hunger, and sex

Question 7

define psychological need

Answer 7

s defined as an inherent (inborn) psychological process
that underlies the proactive desire to seek out interactions that promote
personal growth, social development, and psychological well-being

Question 8

What are examples of psychological need

Answer 8

autonomy, competence, and relatedness

Question 9

What are implicit motives

Answer 9

internalized or learned from our emotional and
socialization histories. Examples include achievement, affiliation, and power.

Question 10

implicit motives are enduring, unconscious needs that
motivate people’s behaviour toward the attainment of specific
social incentives:

Answer 10

achievement, affiliation, affiliation/intimacy, power

Question 11

Implicit means unconscious. implicit social needs opperate

Answer 11

unconsciously

Question 12

explicit means blank. explicit social needs opperate

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explicit means conscious. needs operate consciously

Question 13

implicit motives or social needs stem from

Answer 13

our emotional
and socialization histories.

childhood experience is of paramount importance

Question 14

implicit motives are activated by two things

Answer 14

social incentives and positive emotions

Question 15

Achievement definition

Answer 15

• A person with a strong need for achievement experiences
  strong, interest, enthusiasm, joy and pride while engaging in a
  challenging task.

Question 16

a person with a strong need for Affiliation needs to experience

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positive affect and positive emotions while
engaging themselves in a close relationship.

Question 17

A person with a strong need for power needs to experience

Answer 17

to experience
positive affect and positive emotions when given an
opportunity for social impact.

Question 18

High affiliation strivings:

Answer 18

Feel calmness accompanied by warm, positive affect in situations that
offer comfort and interpersonal security.

Feel happy when pursuing activities such as relaxing or socializing with a
close friend at the coffee shop or beach.

You feel excited and energized by standards of excellence and when evaluating
your performance against personal standards

Question 19

High achievement striving characteristics

Answer 19

You feel excited and energized by standards of excellence

feel interest, joy, arousal, excitement and a sense of opportunity when given a difficult challenge

Question 20

high power striving

Answer 20

Feel strong, sharp arousal spikes that generate a burst of epinephrine,
testosterone, and increased blood pressure and muscle tone.

Question 21

to measure implicit motives, people use a TAT (thematic apperception test_ which consists of

Answer 21

which consists of several ambiguous pictures
that individuals are asked to create a story about

Question 22

A newer measure for implicit motives is called

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PSE (picture story exercise) - includes murrarys pics with some new variation

Question 23

Basic ideas of these tests

Answer 23

that people project their needs and motives into the stories

Question 24

The need for achievement is defined

Answer 24

The need or desire to do things well, to
feel pleasure in overcoming obstacles to
excel, and to live up to high standards.

Question 25

characteristics of those high in the need for achievement

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persist in the face of difficulty, more likely to pursue path of academics, get along better with others

Question 26

three socialization influences

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* Independence training * High performance aspirations * Realistic and explicit standards of excellence

Question 27

Developmental influences of high need for achievement

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pride follows success, experiences feuls high achievement, shame follows failure

Question 28

The need for achievement has 3 conditions

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moderately difficult tasks, competition, and entrepreneurship

Question 29

The contemporary view of affiliation strivings now recognize it's two facets

Answer 29

need for approval and intimacy

Question 30

Intimacy motive reflects

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willingness to “experience a warm, close, and communicative exchange with another person”.

Question 31

Affiliation need has a deficiency orientated motive and two conditions

Answer 31

need involving condition: Deprivation from social interaction: Social isolation and fear need satisfying condition: social acceptance

Question 32

intimacy needs: growth-oriented motive two conditions

Answer 32

need involving condition: interpersonal caring, warmth, and love Need satisfying condition: relatedness within a warm, close, reciprocal and enduring relationship

Question 33

desire to affiliate: fear and anxiety

Answer 33

People desire to affiliate for emotional support and to see how others handle fear and anxiety.

Question 34

Affiliate desire: Establishing interpersonal networks

Answer 34

People with a high need for affiliation spend time interacting with others, join social groups, and establish stable and long-lasting relationships.

Question 35

affiliate desire: maintaining interpersonal networks

Answer 35

People with high need for affiliation strive to maintain relationships.

Question 36

Characteristics of those with high need for affiliation

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Prefer helping professions. * Avoid conflict with others. * Resist making demands on other people.

Question 37

characteristics of those with high need for intimacy

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* Tend to have more one-to-one exchanges with other people * Involved in more self-disclosure * Likely to engage in mutual sharing of hopes and fears

Question 38

The need for power: impact

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* Impact allows power-needing individuals to establish power.

Question 39

the need for power: control

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* Control allows power-needing individuals to maintain power

Question 40

need for power: influence allows power need people to

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expand their power

Question 41

characteristics of those high in the need for power

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seek out position of authority or influence high need to control positive image of self tendency to be self-absorbed and narcissistic

Question 42

one strength and weakness of the need for power

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strength: increased goal pursuit weakness: decreased perspective-taking

Question 43

a special variant of the need for power:

Answer 43

leadership motivation pattern

Question 44

leadership motivation pattern has 3 characteristics

Answer 44

high need for power, low need for affiliation, high self-control