Jacob Believes He Is in Control of His Own Destiny

question 150

Multiple Choice

Jacob believes he is in control of his own destiny. He feels he is secure in the friendships he has with others. However, he still feels the need to master many of the challenges in his own life and career. According to the self-determination theory, which stage is Jacob still working to complete?

• A) competence
• B) autonomy
• C) relatedness
• D) affiliation

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Definitions:

Nonparametric Test

Statistical tests that do not assume a particular distribution of the data, useful for ordinal or nominal data.

Ordinal Data

Data that can be categorized or ranked in order but does not quantitatively measure differences between categories.

Normally Distributed Populations

Populations that follow a normal distribution, characterized by a bell-shaped curve.

Z-Test Approximation

A statistical test used to determine if there are significant differences between means with known variance and a large sample size.