The Need Achievement Theory Would Predict That an Athlete Who

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Multiple Choice

The need achievement theory would predict that an athlete who is a low achiever will seek out what type of situation?

• A) A situation in which there is either a high or very low likelihood of success
• B) A situation in which there is about a 50-50 chance of success
• C) A moderately challenging situation
• D) A situation in which the other competitors are at about their same level

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Definitions:

Interpretive Value

The significance or meaning that is attributed to a piece of information or data when it is analyzed or understood in a particular context.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic concept proposed by Freud, describing a girl's sense of competition with her mother for the affection of her father.

Collective Unconscious

A concept proposed by Carl Jung, suggesting that part of the unconscious mind is shared among beings of the same species containing innate, universal predispositions.

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