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test 3
ch.12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| on sunday afternoon, Rick spent a couple of hours picking up discarded bottles and cans from a picturesque section of the wildfire refuge, even though he would not get paid anything for his efforts. Rick's motivation is best described as being | intrinsic |
| according to behavioral theory of motivation, students are motivated primarily by a(n) | desire to gain reinforcers for their behavior |
| being interested in a task because the activity is enjoyable is what type of motivation? | intrinsic |
| Harry is apathetic and certain that he is not able to do the work. He makes poor marks in school and is not inclined to seek help. According to attribution theory. Harry is typical of students who attribute their failures to causes that are | internal, stable, and uncontrollable |
| as jim looks at his report card, he remarks to judy. " I got the B because i really didn't work hard in mr. wedell's calculus class." according to weiner, jim is attributing the cause of his grade to causes that are | internal, stable, controllable |
| the cognitive approach to motivation is illustrated best by people who respond to | their perceptions of events, not the events themselves |
| students who are mastery- oriented will tend to hold what view of their ability | incremental and improvable |
| which one of the following quotes exemplifies a learning or mastery goal? | " accomplishing this should make me better prepared for Biology 101." |
| each situation below represents a need in Maslow's hierarchy. which of the following students demonstrates the most basic need that must be satisfied before any other? | chuck has been threatened by a neighborhood gang |
| ms. riley tells the class, " if we have a good lesson on fractions, i will credit each of you with a bonus point." she is trying to stimulate what type of motivation? | extrinsic |
| The following sentence is true about the relationship between motivation and cultural diversity | when minority students have culturally relevant material they can be more motivated to learn and teachers are more likely to "catch and hold" their situational interest |
| the concept of self- determination is an important influence in what view of motivation? | humanistic |
| pat believes that the reason for her success in reading is the effort she puts into it. pat is reflecting what type of locus of control? | internal |
| good teachers explicitly state how the information to be learned will benefit their students in the future career or for life outside of work and school . thus, good teahcers regularly remind their students of the ..(blank)..of what they are to learn | instrumental value |
| according to attribution theory, students who see the causes of their failures as internal and controllable will react to those failures by | finding strategies to succeed the next time |
| maslow's hierarchy of needs has been criticized because | people frequently attend to needs in different orders than the hierarchy predicts |
| what type of belief do failure- accepting students have? | expectation of failure |
| as need for achievement increases in spite of fear of failure, what type of student will be motivated to learn? | mastery- oriented |
| in maslow's hierarchy, self- esteem is considered to be what type of need? | deficiency |