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Dr. Smith is conducting research on the levels of achievement motivation in the country of Spadia. He is studying the behaviors of different religious groups to determine the relationship between religious upbringing and the need to achieve. Dr. Smith is most likely using the _____ approach in his research. Group of answer choices
a. sociocultural
b. psychodynamic
c. cognitive
d. biological
Answer:
Dr. Smith is most likely using the a. sociocultural approach in his research.
Explanation:
The sociocultural approach studies behavior by analyzing the influences of social and cultural factors. In Dr. Smith's particular case, he is focusing on the cultural and social influence religion can exert on people's motivation in a certain society. He might find, for instance, that different religious groups also present different ways of communicating and encouraging, of perceiving success and failure, and so on. That fact, in its turn, would add to the circumstantial influences on members and how motivated they are.
