Describe the Three Major Variables of Productivity

question 10

Essay

Describe the three major variables of productivity.

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Definitions:

Postpone Gratification

The ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward and wait for a later reward.

Personality

A unique set of emotional, thought, and behavioral patterns that define an individual's typical responses to situations.

Pleasure Principle

A theory in psychoanalytic psychology proposing that people seek pleasure and avoid pain to satisfy biological and psychological needs.

Reality Principle

A psychoanalytic concept where the ego seeks to satisfy the id’s desires in realistic and socially appropriate ways.