Chapter 10, Problem 1PT

Summary Introduction

The science of general psychology is not simple. It is something beyond the intuitions and common sense. The study and the research of the human brain, mind as well as their behaviors are defined as the psychological science. In psychology, the “mind” refers to mental activity and the “behavior” refers to the totality of human actions that can be observed. The psychological science involves the social, mental, and cognitive health.

Answer to Problem 1PT

Correct answer:

The anxiousness of Sonya motivates her presentation skill, which includes the improvement of her slides quality and talk. This information is reflected in the option “b”. Therefore, option (b) is correct.

Option (b) is given as “Sonya is somewhat anxious about this presentation. She knows her stuff but recognizes how much is riding on the quality of this presentation. This anxious energy motivates her to polish her slides and practice her talk”.

Explanation of Solution

Justify the reasons for the correct statement:

Self-determination can be considered as another important motivating factor. Thus, Sonya improved her quality by anxious energy on her presentation. Thus, this good motivation arise from the most challenging and specific goals that are reasonably feasible.

Hence, option (b) is correct.

Justify the reasons for the incorrect statements:

Option (a) is given as “Ahn is not at all stressed about the presentation. He has done well all semester and is confident he will do just fine this time around, too. He puts together his slides a week before the due date and then reviews the talk a few hours before giving the presentation”.

Ahn is good at his presentation skill and he is not stressed at all. However, his over confident towards the presentation degrades his quality before giving the presentation. Hence, it is a wrong answer.

Option (c) is given as “Marcus is very stressed about this presentation. A bad evaluation on the presentation will ruin his grade for the class, which in turn will ruin his strong GPA. He decides to spend every waking moment preparing the talk, working late into the night and sometimes dreaming about the presentation”.

Overthinking about Marcus presentation will ruin his presentation skill that reflects his GPA. Thus he will not able present well at his presentation because of his stress and fear.  Hence, it is a wrong answer.

Hence, options (a) and (c) are incorrect.

Conclusion

Thus, the motivating factor of Sonya helps her to face challenging and specific goals that are reasonably feasible.