Which of These Statements About Expectancy Theory Is FALSE

question 162

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements about expectancy theory is FALSE?

• A)Expectancy theory details a person's thinking process when translating demands from competing drives.
• B)Expectancy theory doesn't explain motivation in different cultures.
• C)Expectancy theory explains why coaching and pay-for-performance motivate employees.
• D)Expectancy theory emphasizes rational thinking more than emotions.
• E)Expectancy theory offers one of the best models available for predicting work effort and motivation.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory that childhood development occurs in a series of fixed psychosexual stages, each characterized by different urges and conflicts.

Oral Stage

The first stage in Freud's psychosexual development, occurring in the first year of life, where pleasure is centered on oral activities such as sucking and biting.

Anal Stage

In psychoanalytic theory, the second stage of psychosexual development, occurring from about 18 months to three years of age, where the focus of pleasure is on controlling bladder and bowel movements.

Oedipal Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development when a child feels a desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.