Provide an Appropriate Response

question 28

Essay

Provide an appropriate response.
-A company advertises an average of 42,000 miles for one of its new tires. In the
manufacturing process there is some variation around that average. Would the company
want a process that provides a large or a small standard deviation? Justify your answer.

Recognize the effective ways to prime someone for approach motivation.

Identify needs and motivations within the context of Maslow's hierarchy.

Distinguish between traits and motives and their stability over a lifespan.

Comprehend the concept of self-actualization and its significance in humanistic psychology.

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Definitions:

Content Theories

Theories that aim to explain the specific things that motivate individuals at work, such as needs and desires.

Maslow's Hierarchy

A psychological theory proposing that human needs are arranged in a hierarchy from physiological needs to safety, love and belonging, esteem, and finally self-actualization; individuals are motivated by the need they have not yet satisfied.

Alderfer's ERG Theory

A model in motivational psychology that categorizes human needs into three groups: Existence, Relatedness, and Growth.

Herzberg's Two-factor

A theory that suggests job satisfaction and dissatisfaction arise from two separate groups of factors: motivators and hygiene factors.