Persons with a High Need for Achievement Tend to

question 211

Multiple Choice

Persons with a high need for achievement tend to

• A)be moderate risk takers.
• B)avoid easy goals because they offer no sense of satisfaction.
• C)avoid long shots because there is either no hope of success or the "winning" will be due to luck rather than skill.
• D)do all of these.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

A cognitive bias that results in the enhanced recall of items or information presented at the beginning of a list or sequence.

Recency Effect

The tendency to remember the most recently presented information best when recalling a list of items.

Short-term Memory

A type of memory that holds a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Commons Dilemma

A situation in which individuals' short-term selfish interests are in conflict with long-term group interests and common good.