Loni Has Worked at Local Dry Cleaners for the Past

question 65

Multiple Choice

Loni has worked at local dry cleaners for the past two years as a cashier. When the store was not busy with customers, Loni enjoyed helping Donatella, the seamstress, with various tasks such as sewing on buttons and fixing minor holes and such. Recently, Loni's job description was changed to include working with Donatella in the Alterations area 10 hours a week. Since then, Loni's enjoyment of working with Donatella has decreased. This decline can be explained by ________.

• A) self-determination theory
• B) goal setting theory
• C) Theory X and Theory Y
• D) hierarchy of needs
• E) expectancy theory

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Definitions:

Motivational

Refers to factors that direct and energize the behavior of humans and other organisms.

Psychological Facts

refer to interesting and often surprising details or findings from the field of psychology about how people think, feel, and behave.

Valence

in psychology, refers to the intrinsic attractiveness (positive valence) or averseness (negative valence) of an event, object, or situation.

Importance

The quality of being significant or valuable in a particular context or to a particular individual or group.