Mandla Has a High Need for Achievement and He Is

question 109

Multiple Choice

Mandla has a high need for achievement and he is currently enrolled in a philosophy course that is required for his major. The professor who teaches the course gives extremely difficult exams, and has never been known to give a student a grade higher than a B. Under these conditions, it is likely that Mandla

• A) will not exert his maximum effort in the course because the course has a low incentive value for him.
• B) will exert the maximum effort he can because he has a high need for achievement.
• C) will not exert his maximum effort in the course because he has a low expectation of success.
• D) will drop the course and switch to a different major.

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Definitions:

Quantity Demanded

The amount of a good or service consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price.

Price

The cost at which a product or service is offered for sale in the marketplace.

Market Demand Curve

A graphical representation of the quantity of goods being purchased at different prices within a market.

Individual Demand Curves

Graphs showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of that good a single consumer is willing to buy at various prices.