PSY 111 Lecture 20: Different Motivational Needs

• School: Pace University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 111
• Professor: Sporin

Document Summary

Stable, learned characteristic in which a person obtains satisfaction by striving for & attaining level of excellence. Ppl w/ high need for achievement seek out situations in which they can compete against some standard & prove themselves successful. Ppl w/ a high fear of failure will stay away from tasks of intermediate difficulty b/c they may fail where others have been successful: need for affiliation: Interest in establishing & maintaining relationships w/ other people: ppl who have higher affiliation needs are particularly sensitive to relationships w/ others, desire to be w/ friends more of the time & alone less often. Gender is a greater determinant of how much time is actually spent with friends: regardless of affiliative orientation, female students spend significantly more time w/ friends & less time alone than male students do, need for power: Tendency to seek impact, control, or influence over others. Tendency to be seen as a powerful individual.