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Pineappleeh · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Which of the following parental behaviors is likely to produce a child with high need for Achievement?

A. Allow the child to fail on his or her own, thereby learning from failures and mistakes.
B. Give the child a great deal of support and reinforcement; set up tasks so that the child works for reinforcers provided by the parent.
C. Arrange situations so that the child does not fail, but experiences success at almost every task.
D. Give a moderate amount of support and encouragement, but limit parental involvement that might undermine the child's perception of personal mastery and accomplishment.

Question 2

Suppose your friends just had a baby. From what you learned in personality class, in order to raise their child to have high need for Achievement you would advise your friends to

A. involve themselves in all of the child's interests.
B. continue giving encouragement and support in every activity of the child.
C. not give the child rewards for personal accomplishments.
D. find a balance between encouragement and robbing the child of initiative.