Deck 7: Motivation

Question 1

Motivation

A) Determines a person's behavior
B) Influences a person's behavior
C) Establishes patterns for behavior
D) Determines how a person's responses in a situation

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The inspiration to perform a behavior comes from the task or behavior itself is

A) The root cause of all motivation
B) Extrinsic motivation
C) Intrinsic motivation
D) The primary form of motivation used in a classroom

Answer 2

C

Question 3

________ is when the task itself is not inspiring or motivating but a means to an end or leads to something that is inspiring

A) Intrinsic motivation
B) Extrinsic motivation
C) Primary motivation
D) Reactive motivation

Answer 3

B

Question 4

_________focuses on the outcomes and whether a person views the effort to perform a task worth the outcome it may bring.

A) Extrinsic motivation
B) Intrinsic motivation
C) Maslow's hierarchy of needs
D) Expectancy theory

Question 5

Expectancy is

A) How much work something is expected to be
B) Based on the teachers expectations in the classroom
C) Based on the belief in the person's skills or ability as well as the resources and supports available.
D) How a person's perceives the rewards or consequences of a task

Question 6

The value a person attributes to a potential or perceived outcome is

A) Valence
B) Instrumentality
C) Expectancy
D) The basis of all motivation

Question 7

Maslow's hierarchy of needs states motivation

A) Is based on an individual task
B) Is tied to relationships
C) Is dependent on how well a person believe they can perform a task
D) Is based on a desire to fulfill certain needs

Question 8

Safety needs involve

A) Physical safety
B) Emotional safety
C) Are the primary the responsibility of the family
D) Both A and B

Question 9

Cognitive needs

A) Are primarily fulfilled within the school
B) Are the primary motivation for student engagement in school
C) Are based on a person's desire to learn and make sense of the world around them
D) All of the above

Question 10

Aesthetic, self-actualization and transcendence are

A) Fulfilled within schools
B) Typically fulfilled in early adulthood
C) Are the primary responsibility of the education system
D) Are a lifelong process that not everyone achieves

Question 11

Identify how intrinsic and extrinsic motivation affects candidates' performance in their current courses. Have candidates determine their own external and internal motivators.

Question 12

Have candidates reflect on how the expectancy theory can be used in their current or future classrooms. Be sure to consider expectancy, instrumentality and valence.

Question 13

Discuss how fulfillment of needs can motivate students in the classroom. Have candidates identify specific behaviors teachers can perform to help students meet their physiological and biological, safety, love and belonging and/or esteem needs.