Exam 8: Cognitive Motivation: Expectancy-Value Approaches

In Lewin's theory, all of the psychological facts that a person is aware of make up the:

According to Ajzen, a strong predictor of behavior is one's _____ to perform or not performance a particular action.

Which of the following is NOT a variable that contributes to the tendency to approach achievement situations?

The observation that working collectively provides members of a group the chance to "slack off" based on the expectancy that the rest of the group will do the work is called:

Which of the following is NOT one of Rotter's four concepts of expectancy-value in his social learning theory?

Lewin's _____ theory emphasizes that the reaction of an object is the result of all the forces acting upon that object within the field containing it.

Lewin would argue that the need for food would be a _____ need, whereas the need for concert tickets would be a _____ need.

Researchers see _____, which are positive or negative evaluations of an object, event, or idea, as predictors of behavior.

Sally is most concerned about how her test scores compare to other students. Dweck and Elliot would call her motivation type:

The theory by Latané and colleagues (1979) that states that performance in a group decreases because the pressure to work is dispersed among members of the group is called the _____ theory.