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Chapter 12 Objectives
- Understand the importance of need for achievement during adolescence and its relation to the fear of failure.
- Understand the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and their influence on adolescents' need for achievement.
- Understand the effect of learned helplessness on achievement during adolescence.
- Understand the role of authoritative parenting on academic performance as well as the influence of cultural capital.
- Understand how adolescents' peers may influence the level of achievement attained.
- Understand the influence of socioeconomic status and ethnicity on educational attainment.
- Understand the changes in educational achievement over time.
- Understand the risk factors associated with dropping out of school, and the effect of dropping out on occupational achievement.
- Understand the development of occupational plans according to Super.
- Understand the influences on occupational choice, especially the role of personality.
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