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2. Which of the following is NOT true regarding the role of motivation in weight loss?

Receiving autonomy support from one’s physician is a more potent predictor of weight loss than is receiving autonomy support from one’s friends and family.

Individuals’ own autonomous motivation for losing weight loss in both the short and long-term.

Receiving autonomy support from health care providers and close others predicts greater weight loss.

All of the above are true.

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When societies provide resources for people to build capabilities, they tend to use these capabilities to pursue their dreams.

People vary widely in their capabilities. Economic inequalities reflect these varying capabilities.

As a society we need to accept that people have different capabilities and provide supports and resources to those whose capabilities are lacking.

17. In their cross-cultural study of Russian and U.S. adolescents Chirkov and Ryan (2001) were primarily interested in testing which of the following hypotheses?

7. Examining variability in “Big 5” traits, Lynch, La Guardia, & Ryan (2009) found that participants reported:

15. Chen & colleagues (2015) conducted a similar study with participants in Peru, China, Belgium, and the U.S. These authors found that:

12. Regarding wellness across cultures, SDT holds that:

8. Yamauchi and Tanaka (1998) conducted a study of Japanese school children’s motivations for doing schoolwork. Results of this study indicate that:

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2. In their study of daily well-being and need satisfaction among college students, Reis, Sheldon, Gable, Roscoe, & Ryan (2000) found all of the following EXCEPT:

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the relation between SDT and B.F. Skinner’s theory of operant conditioning?

3. Helping behavior is most beneficial to the helper when:

12. Van Hiel and VanSteenkiste (2009) conducted a study on the effects of obtaining different types of goals on well-being and attitudes toward death among two cohorts of older adults Results of this…

9. Yamauchi and Tanaka (1998)’s study indicates that which of the following self-regulatory styles is most strongly correlated with performance orientation, or the focus on doing better than others.