Which of the following goals is more likely to foster achievement motivation?*

a. I am going to do better in school.
b. I am going to increase my grades.
c. I am going to raise my grade from a C to a B in algebra.
d. I am going to study more.

c

Psychology

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or dashing through the flames and almost surely dying of smoke inhalation and burns. This person a. is experiencing a traumatic approach-avoidance conflict. b. will most likely freeze, finding it impossible to decide or to take action. c. will most likely deal with this conflict by "leaving the field." d. will most likely cope with this situation using displacement or sublimation.

Psychology

Type A is to __________ as Type B is to __________

a. hurry up; fast pace. c. hurry up; relaxation. b. relaxation; hurry up. d. patient; impatient.

Psychology