Briefly explain how people who are high in need for achievement differ from people low in need for achievement in terms of their approaches to achievement-related situations. Why are their approaches different?
What will be an ideal response?
People low in need for achievement choose tasks that are either very easy or very hard, while people with a high need for achievement choose tasks that are moderately difficult. People with a high need for achievement choose challenging (but not impossible) tasks because they want to assess their own abilities. Very easy or very hard tasks do not give a good indication of one's ability level.
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a. your perception of the room is not affected by fluorescent lighting b. most photographic films show white as having a greenish tint c. your perception of the room is adjusted by color constancy d. the film in the camera is adjusted by color constancy