Deck 9: Motivation

Question 1

Motivation is defined as which of the following?

A) Direction of effort
B) Intensity of effort
C) Autonomy of effort
D) A and B

Answer 1

D

Question 2

motivational orientation has the greatest self-determination?

A) Amotivation
B) Intrinsic motivation
C) External regulation
D) Integrated regulation

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Participating in an activity for the inherent pleasure and enjoyment experienced when doing so is which motivational orientation?

A) Identified regulation
B) Integrated regulation
C) Intrinsic motivation
D) Introjected regulation

Answer 3

C

Question 4

a person is motivated to work hard because she enjoys the satisfaction of improving herself and reaching her potential, she is displaying which form of intrinsic motivation?

A) Toward accomplishments
B) To know
C) To explore
D) To experience stimulation

Question 5

a person is motivated only by external rewards or to avoid punishment, he is displaying what motivational orientation?

A) External regulation
B) Identified regulation
C) Integrated regulation
D) Introjected regulation

Question 6

what two extrinsic motivation orientations does a person actually "want" to engage in an activity, either as a means to an end or because the activity is valued and important?

A) Intrinsic and identified regulation
B) Identified and integrated regulation
C) identified and introjected regulation
D) External and integrated regulation

Question 7

a person feels like he "should" or "ought" to do an activity to gain the approval of others or to avoid feeling guilty, that person is displaying which motivational orientation?

A) Amotivation
B) Identified regulation
C) Integrated regulation
D) Introjected regulation

Question 8

students are not motivated, either intrinsically or extrinsically, to participate in activities, this is referred to as __________.

A) external regulation
B) introjected regulation
C) self-determination
D) amotivation

Question 9

of the following best describes what research has found concerning children's age and gender and motivation for physical activities?

A) Children's motivation tends to decline as they get older, and boys have lower motivation than girls.
B) Children's motivation tends to increase as they get older, and boys have lower motivation than girls.
C) Children's motivation tends to decline as they get older, and girls have lower motivation than boys.
D) Children's motivation tends to increase as they get older, and girls have lower motivation than boys.

Question 10

According to research, intrinsic motivation and more self-determined motivational orientations are more closely related to which of the following?

A) High task orientation and an incremental conception of ability
B) High task orientation and an entity conception of ability
C) High ego orientation and an incremental conception of ability
D) High ego orientation and an entity conception of ability

Question 11

most negative affective, behavioral, and cognitive consequences are related to which of the following?

A) Identified regulation and intrinsic motivation
B) External regulation and amotivation
C) Introjected regulation and identified regulation
D) Integrated regulation and intrinsic motivation

Question 12

According to results of research, children who believe which of the following tend to have higher intrinsic motivation and lower external regulation and amotivation?

A) Their needs for competence have been met.
B) Their needs for competence and autonomy have been met.
C) Their needs for autonomy and relatedness have been met.
D) Their needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness have been met.

Question 13

of the following aspects of the social context have NOT been found to enhance children's perceptions of competence, autonomy, and/or relatedness?

A) Shared decision-making with the teacher
B) Choice
C) Competitive activities
D) Challenging tasks

Question 14

of the following aspects of the social context have NOT been found to enhance children's intrinsic motivation?

A) A task-involving climate
B) Perceptions of unequal recognition
C) Positive feedback from the teacher
D) Contingent rewards

Question 15

of the following is NOT a means of moving students who are amotivated in physical education to at least some form of motivation?

A) Telling students clearly that they must participate or fail the class
B) Providing an external reward for participation
C) Giving students choices
D) Stressing how their participation will help them achieve valued goals

Question 16

of the following is NOT a means of reducing students' body image concerns?

A) Closely monitor locker rooms to prevent students from teasing each other
B) Require all students to shower at the end of every class period
C) Give students adequate time to shower
D) Allow students some flexibility in the physical education policy on appropriate clothing

Question 17

of the following is NOT a step that physical education teachers can take to establish strong relationships with their students?

A) Learn and use student names
B) Smile
C) Make eye contact with students
D) Be a passive listener

Question 18

Physical education teachers who promote an incremental view of ability would do which of the following?

A) Stress the fact that some students will just never be as good as others.
B) Focus on comparing students to each other.
C) Emphasize that all students, regardless of ability, can improve their skills.
D) All of the above

Question 19

of the following is NOT a means of enhancing student motivation in physical education?

A) Emphasize the competitive nature of physical activities
B) Reduce students' body image concerns
C) Promote an incremental view of ability
D) Establish a structured learning environment