Exam 5: The Motive Perspective

TAT responses that mention performing well and positive feelings about success are thought to reflect need for esteem.

In laboratory settings, people low in need for achievement prefer tasks that are moderately difficult.

It is harder to distinguish motives from presses for psychological needs than for physical needs.

Motivational theorists place more emphasis on __________than trait theorists do.

Research by Jenkins indicated that women high in need for achievement were more likely to go into business than become teachers.

The strength of a need has no influence over the intensity of the behavior to which it relates.