Professor M

question 525

Multiple Choice

Professor M. decides to allow students to choose their own style of evaluation in her course. As a result of this, students feel an enhanced emotional bond to Professor M. and even to the university. According to self-determination theory, this is because

• A)students are able to achieve higher goals
• B)students can now self-actualize
• C)increased autonomy results in increased relatedness
• D)fear of failure has been reduced
• E)heightened arousal is misattributed

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Definitions:

Structuralism

The first formal school of thought in psychology, aimed at analyzing the basic elements, or structure, of conscious mental experience.

Conscious Mental Experience

The subjective experience of being aware of one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations.

Introspection

The process of analyzing or scrutinizing one's own thoughts and feelings.

Conscious Experience

The awareness of one's own thoughts, feelings, and perceptions at any given moment.