Based on Research, Which Statement About Motivation and Ethnicity Is

question 141

Multiple Choice

Based on research, which statement about motivation and ethnicity is TRUE?

• A) Maslow's hierarchy of needs applies consistently and in the same way across all cultures.
• B) Compared to people from Eastern cultures, people from Western cultures tend to be unrealistically optimistic about their own futures.
• C) People from Eastern cultures tend to focus more on maintaining self-esteem, whereas people from Western cultures tend to focus more on self-improvement.
• D) In the face of failure, people from individualistic cultures tend to persist much longer than people from collectivist cultures.

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Definitions:

Inherited Titles

Titles of nobility or honor passed down through generations within families, often associated with specific duties, privileges, or estates.

Bought Titles

The practice of purchasing noble titles, historically common in some societies, allowing individuals to gain nobility status through financial means.

Despotic Practice

Actions or policies of a ruler or government exhibiting absolute power and often cruel, oppressive, or tyrannical control over its subjects.

Absolutism

A political theory and form of government where unlimited, complete power is held by a centralized sovereign individual, without checks or balances from any other part of the state or government.