Chapter 9
Part 4—Synthesizing and Evaluating Concepts (5 points):
Using your knowledge from the textbook and/or lecture notes, answer each question by typing your response in the space provided below. For each question, your answer should be one or more healthy paragraphs (Your total answer should be at least 100 words or more).
1. Please explain the concepts of motivation, and more specifically, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Please provide detailed examples of these concepts from your everyday life.
2. McClelland states that there are three types of needs: Need for Achievement, Need for Affiliation, and Need for Power. Please explain McClelland’s research in these areas and provide detailed real-life examples to support your explanation.
3. How do people become high achievers according to Dweck? Be sure to include information about the terms self and locus of control (internal and external), and provide at least 2 examples of her research supporting these ideas.
4. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs has been described as a pyramid with several different levels. Please discuss at least 3 levels of the pyramid, and use detailed personal examples to explain each need.
5. Take three theories of emotion and apply them to one emotional event in your life. Be specific about the event and make clear connections to the theoretical assumptions.
Chapter 10
Part 4—Synthesizing and Evaluating Concepts (3 points):
Using your knowledge from the textbook and/or lecture notes, answer each question by typing your response in the space provided below. For each question, your answer should be one or more healthy paragraphs (Your total answer should be at least 100 words or more).
1. What is the difference between a person’s gender, gender identity, gender roles, and gender typing? How do biology, environment, and culture play a factor in this development?
2. What is androgyny? Is our society becoming more or less androgynous? What are the potential advantages and disadvantages of androgyny?
3. Compare and contrast the symptoms of at least one viral and one bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STIs). In addition to the symptoms, what is the major difference between viral and bacterial STIs?
