RELAȚIA DINTRE DEZIRABILITATEA SOCIALĂ ȘI MOTIVAȚIA SPRE SUCCES LA STUDENȚI

Galina PRAVIȚCHI, Armand BERLINSKI Universitatea de Stat din Moldova

Аннотация

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL DESIRABILITY BIAS AND THE MOTIVATION TO SUCCEED IN STUDENTS Studying the social desirability bias in relation to the motivation to succeed is exceedingly important due to the trends in today’s society, the values having shifted, people being more focused towards obtaining success than ever before. Students are at an age where their actions will determine greatly the outcome of their lives and the future success they will attain, therefore this is the perfect time to examine the relation between the tendency of an individual to present themselves in a favorable light and their motivation to succeed. Keywords: motivation, success, social desirability bias, self-deception, the management of impressions, social utility.