The Desire to Form Close Personal Relationships, Avoid Conflict, and Establish

question 172

Multiple Choice

The desire to form close personal relationships, avoid conflict, and establish warm friendships describes:

• A) a need for affiliation.
• B) a need for power.
• C) a need for achievement.
• D) a need for authority.
• E) all of these.

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Definitions:

Father Substitute

A person who takes on the roles or attributes typically associated with a father figure, in instances where the biological father is absent or unavailable.

Testable Hypotheses

Statements formulated for empirical testing, to be confirmed or refuted through observation or experimentation.

Objective Observations

Observations based on facts and evidence, unaffected by personal feelings or biases.

TAT

Thematic Apperception Test, a projective psychological test in which subjects reveal their underlying motives, feelings, and attitudes by interpreting ambiguous images.