James begged his mother to buy him some high-top Converse shoes. When asked why he wanted these shoes, he said that he wanted them because they were comfortable. He really wanted them because his two best friends have them, and if he had them, he would be considered "cool," but he didn't want to tell his mother that. Wanting to appear "cool" to his friends represents which type of motive

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Turner Compton

24 February, 05:01

James begged his mother to buy him some high-top Converse shoes. When asked why he wanted these shoes, he said that he wanted them because they were comfortable. He really wanted them because his two best friends have them, and if he had them, he would be considered "cool," but he didn't want to tell his mother that. Wanting to appear "cool" to his friends represents which type of motive

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d. latent

Explanation:

The options for this question are missing. The options are:

a. manifest

b. hidden

c. secondary

d. latent

e. social

In psychology, a motive refers to something that moves us to act in certain way in order to reach a desired goal. There are different types of motives, but one of these types are known as "latent motives"

A latent motive is a motive that is unknown to the individual (it's unconscious) or that the individual doesn't want to admit.

In this example, Jammes wants some high-top Converse shoes, he said that he wanted them because they were comfortable. However, he really wants them because his friends have them and he wants to appear "cool" but he wouldn't admit that. We can see that this reason of wanting to appear "cool" to his friends is something that James doesn't want to admit and therefore it's and example of a latent motive.