When Given the Opportunity to Select the Difficulty of a Task

question 233

Multiple Choice

When given the opportunity to select the difficulty of a task, people who are high in need for achievement tend to select tasks that are at a medium level in difficulty. This appears to be because these kinds of tasks offer the most ________________.

• A)recognition
• B)challenge
• C)uncertainty
• D)assurance of success

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Definitions:

Learning

The process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences, often resulting from study, instruction, or experience.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Desensitization

The diminished emotional responsiveness to a negative, aversive, or positive stimulus after repeated exposure to it.