Tate Is Motivated by Performance Goals

question 51

Multiple Choice

Tate is motivated by performance goals.Tate is likely to

• A)feel intrinsic pleasure in the task he is mastering.
• B)determine how a particular mistake can be "his friend."
• C)try,try again when the first effort doesn't succeed.
• D)make an effort to avoid criticism.

Understand the principle of constructive alternativism and its implications for personal freedom.

Gain insight into Kelly's views on the individual's capacity to anticipate and control life events.

Realize the importance of testing personal constructs against reality.

Appreciate the implications of personal construct theory for understanding human motivation and relationships.

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Definitions:

Semiotics

The study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation, often applied in linguistic, cultural, and social contexts.

Pragmatics

The branch of linguistics concerned with the use of language in social contexts and the ways in which people produce and comprehend meanings through language.

Suprematism

A type of art formulated by Kazimir Malevich to convey his belief that the supreme reality in the world is pure feeling, which attaches to no object and thus calls for new, nonobjective forms in art—shapes not related to objects in the visible world.

Pure Feeling

An unalloyed emotional state that is undiluted by rational thought, often emphasized in discussions of art, music, and poetry to denote sincere or profound emotion.