Exam 9: Motivation, Affect, and Cognition

Marie-Chantal attributes her perfect score in bowling to the recently waxed bowling lane.This is an example of what type of attribution?

Which one of the following individuals definitely has a mastery goal rather than a performance goal?

Before every event at her school's track and field day, Julie envisions herself at the finish line with a 1^st place ribbon.This is an example of:

You have several students with learning disabilities in your class, and you want to help them improve their reading skills.From the perspective of attribution theory, you should:

Which one of the following illustrates personal interest rather than situational interest?

Considering research regarding when teacher expectation effects are most likely to occur, which teachers should be most careful to communicate high expectations for students' performance?

Ms.Simmons believes that Jeremy has the ability to do better on math tests than he is currently doing.Given the discussion in the textbook regarding teacher attributions, how is Ms.Simmons most likely to act toward Jeremy?

Which one of the following students clearly has a mastery goal rather than a performance goal?

Ms.Nobel says to her creative writing class, "I know you are all eager to become better writers, so I've invited a friend of mine who writes novels to come and talk to us about her newest mystery and share some of her writing techniques." Which strategy is Ms.Nobel using to motivate her students?

You are teaching the times tables to your class.Today you plan to give a timed test of the multiplication math facts.Your goal is to promote intrinsic motivation.Given what we know about intrinsic motivation, which one of the following strategies should be most effective?

Three of the following teachers are employing strategies to promote motivation in inclusive classrooms for students with social or behaviour problems.Which one is not necessarily using an effective strategy?