Exam 16: Motivation and Affect

Which one of the following students is displaying extrinsic motivation?

Which one of the following statements is consistent with Hull's notion of how both habit and drive affect performance?

Which one of the following teaching practices is most consistent with Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

Which one of the following individuals shows motivation consistent with self-worth theory?

Which one of the following teaching strategies is most likely to increase students' sense of self-determination?

Choose the teacher below who is most likely to promote a sense of self-determination in his or her students.

Under some conditions, negative feedback can increase students' intrinsic motivation to perform school tasks. The four teacher statements below all present negative feedback. Choose the statement below that is most likely to promote intrinsic motivation.

Which one of the following situations best illustrates the role of drive reduction in behavior?

Which one of the following is the best example of extrinsic motivation?

Three of the following teaching strategies should enhance students' sense of self-determination. Which one is unlikely to do so?

Describe how learners' level of anxiety is likely to affect their learning and performance, being sure to include the concepts of facilitating anxiety and debilitating anxiety in your discussion. Then describe three strategies you might use to keep learners' anxiety at a productive level.

Which one of the following descriptions best illustrates a trait theory of motivation?

If you consider research findings regarding dispositions, which one of the following students would you expect to achieve at the highest level in the classroom?

Which one of the following individuals is most likely to have facilitating anxiety?

Which one of the following teaching strategies, while possibly beneficial in other ways, is least likely to foster productive dispositions in students?

Mr. Rawlins is faculty advisor for the high school service club. He attends every meeting, and he regularly provides the support students need to carry out their activities. During group discussions, however, he typically sits in the back of the room and offers advice only if club members ask for it or if he thinks the club's planned activities are in some way inappropriate. In taking this approach, Mr. Rawlins is most likely to:

Given what we know about how highly anxious learners process information, which learning strategy would we expect them to use most often?

With the textbook's discussion of arousal and anxiety in mind, identify the best approach to taking a challenging exam.

Karin and her mother live on welfare in a poor, inner-city neighborhood in Detroit. Karin is quite bright and highly motivated, and she really wants to get a college education. However, she knows that, on average, students from low-income homes perform more poorly on the SAT tests than students from wealthier homes. When she takes the SAT, she is so nervous that she has trouble concentrating on the test items, and as a result her scores are lower than they should be. Which of the following concepts best explains what has happened to Karin?

Three of the following teachers are likely to enhance students' intrinsic motivation to do well in the classroom. Which one is unlikely to do so?