Question

This phenomenon arises from limitations on a person’s choices, according to Jack Brehm’s reactance theory. “Rolling with resistance” is a key component of a form of “enhancement therapy” named for this concept used by Project MATCH, which builds on a counseling approach developed by Miller and Rollnick. Douglas McGregor contrasted the management approaches of Theory X and Theory Y based on assumptions of how this phenomenon occurs. Factors that affect this phenomenon are contrasted with (*) “hygiene factors” in Frederick Herzberg’s two-factor theory. The “meta”- form of this phenomenon occurs when people begin experiencing “B-needs” instead (-5[1])of “D-needs.” Abraham Maslow (-5[1])first proposed his (-5[1])“hierarchy of needs” in a 1943 paper titled “A Theory of Human [this phenomenon].” (-5[1])For 10 points, name this phenomenon, a person’s desire to complete goals. ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: motivation [or drive; accept word forms; accept descriptions of desires to complete goals until giveaway; accept “A Theory of Human Motivation”; accept metamotivation; accept motivation-hygiene theory; accept motivational interviewing; accept motivation enhancement therapy; prompt on desire or passion; prompt on goal-setting until end; prompt on arousal until “resistance” is read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks upModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha94-5
Tony ChenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken98-5
Jason RohfritschRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country101-5
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit115-5
Colin VeeversCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers12810
Rayton LinTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut12810
Yihong ChenModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up12810
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange12810
Liam KusalikYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere1280

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