Exam 14: Motivation and Affect

Some motivation theorists believe that students are apt to be intrinsically motivated only if they have both a sense of competence and a sense of autonomy. a. Briefly describe these two concepts, illustrating each with a concrete example. b. With these two possible prerequisites for intrinsic motivation in mind, describe four strategies for promoting intrinsic motivation in a classroom setting.

Three of the following testing practices are consistent with the textbook's discussion regarding motivation and classroom assessment practices. Which one is not?

Mr. Lopez, a third-grade teacher, wants to enhance his students' intrinsic motivation to learn classroom subject matter. Three of the following strategies should accomplish this goal. Which one is not likely to enhance students' intrinsic motivation to learn?

Eloise's history teacher lectures for hours at a time with out receiving questions from the class or giving the class a break to speak with each other about the lecture. As a result, Eloise is bored when she is in history class. Given the textbooks' explanation of boredom as it is related to motivation, which of the following is most likely to be true?

Jan suffers from extreme math anxiety. Three of the statements below probably describe Jan. Which one does not?

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 students is displaying extrinsic motivation?

Kiki is confident that she'll do well in the advanced math course she is taking this year. Given this information, which one of the following is most likely to be true about Kiki?

The textbook distinguishes between a challenge and a threat. Which one of the following is most likely to be a threat rather than a challenge?

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

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

Which one of the teachers below is using a strategy consistent with the concept of hot cognition?

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?

Which one of the following examples is consistent with what the textbook means by giving students a sense of autonomy?

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?

Which one of the following students exhibits a self-conscious emotion?

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?

At try-outs for the school musical production, Trudy would like to gain the leading role, but she knows that several other girls are trying out for the same role. Trudy instead auditions for the chorus, confident that she can make it without any difficulty. With this information in mind, which one of the following is most likely to be true about Trudy?

If you were to incorporate Maslow's hierarchy of needs into your teaching practices, you would be most likely to: