According to McClelland, the Extent to Which People Have Strong

question 103

Multiple Choice

According to McClelland, the extent to which people have strong desires to perform challenging tasks and to meet personal standards of excellence is known as _____.

• A) the need for affiliation
• B) the need for achievement
• C) the need for power
• D) the need for acceptance
• E) the need for solidarity

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Definitions:

Negatively Affect

To have a harmful or detrimental impact on someone or something, decreasing its quality or performance.

Avoidance

A defensive or strategic behavior aimed at circumventing or keeping away from certain situations, tasks, or interactions.

Suppress

means to put an end to the activities or expressions of something, often by force or inhibition.

Pretend

Act of simulation or feigning; behaving as if something is the case when in fact it is not.