List the Characteristics of People Who Have High Achievement Motivation

question 44

Essay

List the characteristics of people who have high achievement motivation.Include some parenting characteristics that are important in the development of a person with high need for achievement.

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Definitions:

Denial

A defense mechanism where a person refuses to accept reality or facts, blocking external events from awareness.

Defense Mechanism

Unconscious psychological strategies employed to protect oneself from anxiety or social sanctions and to provide a refuge from a situation with which one cannot currently cope.

Painful Realities

The acceptance or acknowledgment of difficult, distressing, or unpleasant truths or situations.

Rationalization

A defense mechanism in which controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a seemingly rational or logical manner to avoid the true explanation.