You Can Become a Critical Thinker About Research in Child

question 76

Multiple Choice

You can become a critical thinker about research in child development if you

• A) seek out divergent opinions from credible sources on topics that interest you.
• B) rely upon your own life experiences because they are your best source of information.
• C) reject ideas that are new or different from the way we have thought about a topic in the past.
• D) agree with what most people think about a topic.

Discuss the importance of incentives and how external stimuli influence motivation and behaviors.

Understand the concept of self-determination theory and its components like competence, personal control, and relatedness.

Grasp the significance of social and psychological needs in affecting human motivation and well-being.

Explain Maslow's hierarchy of needs and identify examples of behaviors motivated by different levels of needs within the hierarchy.