The Parental Statement to a Child, "We Want You to Get

question 30

Multiple Choice

The parental statement to a child, "We want you to get high grades like the neighbor's son" will tend to lead to ________.

• A) extrinsic motivation
• B) obedience
• C) intrinsic motivation
• D) compliance

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Definitions:

Social Cognition

The area of social psychology exploring how people select, interpret, remember, and use social information.

Stereotype

A generalization about a group’s characteristics that does not consider any variations from one individual to another.

Person Perception

The processes by which an individual uses social stimuli to form impressions of others.

Bystander Effect

The tendency of an individual who observes an emergency to be less likely to help when other people are present than when the observer is alone.