Although Westerners Have an Expression for a Bohemian or Artistic

question 38

Multiple Choice

Although Westerners have an expression for a bohemian or artistic type,the Chinese do not.This suggests that

• A) contents of implicit personality theories are culture-specific.
• B) the Chinese are more likely to fall prey to the fundamental attribution error.
• C) the Chinese have no concepts for "creative," "temperamental," or "unconventional."
• D) the Cultural Revolution discouraged pursuit of the arts in China.
• E) Westerners are more likely than those in the East to fill in the blanks when forming impressions of others.

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Definitions:

Motivation

A psychological force that drives individuals to achieve goals and fulfill needs.

Maslow

Refers to Abraham Maslow, a psychologist known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory in psychology regarding human motivation.

Alderfer

Refers to Clayton Alderfer's ERG theory, which categorizes human needs into existence, relatedness, and growth categories.

Process Theories

Are motivation theories that focus on how people become motivated and what they are motivated to do rather than on what motivates them.