The Behavior of Outstanding Artists, Scientists, Athletes, Educators, and Leaders

question 371

Multiple Choice

The behavior of outstanding artists, scientists, athletes, educators, and leaders is best understood in terms of such learned needs as the need for achievement, which is classified as a(n) __________ motive.

• A) social
• B) primary
• C) extrinsic
• D) stimulus

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Definitions:

Prejudice

An unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually negative) towards an individual based solely on the individual's membership in a social group.

Discrimination

Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability.

Implicit Association Test

A psychological test designed to measure the strength of a person's automatic associations between mental representations of objects in memory.

Stereotypes

Widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of a particular type of person or thing.