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lindiwe

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Thor would like to get his son to read more without compromising the child's intrinsic motivation to read. Which strategy could best achieve this?
 
  a. Give the child a strict deadline by which time he must have read a set number of books.
  b. Set up a competition with other kids in the neighborhood to see who can read the most books.
  c. Create a schedule of how many hours the child should be reading each day and then closely supervise him tomake sure he sticks to the schedule.
 d. Give the child a new book for every book that he reads and make it clear that he is doing a good job ofreading the books.

Question 2

A half-dozen high school students are going to a concert. Chantal wants to wear a new colorful outfit that she just received as a gift, but she assumes that her five friends will all be wearing nothing but black leather. Chantal decides to do likewise, and leaves her colorful outfit in the closet. Chantal's behavior is an example of
 
  a. reciprocation wariness.
  b. idiosyncrasy credits.
  c. resistance.
  d. conformity.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

d



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