The Idea That Motivation Is High When Workers Believe That

question 16

Multiple Choice

The idea that motivation is high when workers believe that high levels of effort lead to high performance and high performance leads to the attainment of desired outcomes is explained by the _____________ theory.

• A) expectancy
• B) valence
• C) hierarchy of needs
• D) motivator-hygiene
• E) goal-setting

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Definitions:

Conditions of Worth

The belief that one must meet certain standards in order to earn positive regard from others, impacting self-esteem and self-worth.

Positive Self-Regard

A person's overall subjective emotional evaluation of their own worth or the attitude towards oneself in a positive manner.

Unconditional Positive Regard

A therapeutic concept where a therapist accepts and supports a client without judgment, regardless of the client's actions or feelings.

Collective Unconscious

A concept in psychology proposing the existence of shared, universal psychic structures inherited among people, proposed by Carl Jung.