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Pat believes that the reason for her success in reading is the effort she puts into it. Pat is reflecting what type of locus of control?


A) External
B) Internal
C) Stable
D) Transitional

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Nearly all researchers agree that teachers should make learning fun for students in order to promote good learning.

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Students who are mastery-oriented will tend to hold what view of their ability?


A) Entity and stable
B) Entity and improvable
C) Incremental and improvable
D) Incremental and stable

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The natural tendency to engage in certain types of activities is called ________ motivation.

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What type of belief do failure-accepting students have?


A) Expectation of failure
B) Expectation of mastery
C) High fear of failure
D) Low fear of failure

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In Maslow's hierarchy, the survival, safety, belonging, and self-esteem needs comprise the general category called ________ needs.

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Externally imposed reward systems seem particularly appropriate for students who are


A) interested in the subject.
B) intrinsically motivated.
C) not interested in the subject.
D) self-motivated.

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Psychological and physical reactions causing a person to be alert, attentive, and wide awake is called ________.

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According to cognitive evaluation theory, which of the following classroom events is most likely to increase students' intrinsic motivation to learn?


A) Mrs. Hebert tells students they will receive demerits for talking during guided reading time.
B) Mr. Pace gives students one more day to work on their reports and warns them they will be penalized for late work.
C) Ms. Carlson writes the due date for science projects on the board and suggests that students transfer the information to their notebooks.
D) Mr. Dixon informs students of the new guidelines for the essay and makes sure all students copy the guidelines into their notebooks.

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One model explaining the debilitating effects of anxiety on achievement proposes that it is


A) attention being diverted from the learning task to a preoccupation with one's feelings.
B) conditioning in which negative reinforcement obtained from withdrawing from tasks strengthens the anxiety syndrome.
C) physiological arousal that limits bodily functioning to avoid the anxiety-producing situation.
D) social effects such as embarrassment for appearing ill at ease or for being too boisterous.

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Individuals who feel that they are responsible for their own successes or failures have a(n) ________ locus.

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In addition to having specific attainable goals, and supportive social relationships, effective goal-setting in the classroom requires feedback, goal framing, and goal acceptance.

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Mr. Cardot has been using a behavioural approach to motivation in his second-grade classroom. He gives stickers for completing assignments, for answering questions correctly, and for other things such as working quietly. He recently noticed that none of his students could answer questions about the setting of a story, but he had taught lessons about the setting and discussed the settings of several stories. Students had eagerly answered questions and received stickers. Now that he is revisiting the topic, his students don't remember what they learned. Suggest how Mr. Cardot might alter his approach and achieve integrated regulation.

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Mr. Cardot is using a behavioural approa...

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As need for achievement increases in spite of fear of failure, what type of student will be motivated to learn?


A) Failure-accepting
B) Failure-avoiding
C) Mastery-oriented
D) Socially-oriented

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An "expectancy x value" theory would predict that motivation will necessarily be


A) close to zero if self-efficacy is low, regardless of goal value.
B) zero if either expectation to succeed or the perceived value of a goal is zero.
C) zero if only expectation to succeed and the perceived value of a goal are zero.
D) zero if self-efficacy and the perceived value of a goal are low.

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The concept of self-determination is an important influence in what view of motivation?


A) Behavioural
B) Cognitive
C) Humanistic
D) Social learning

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Sara attributes failures to internal causes. Consequently, she is likely to blame her poor mark in science on her


A) bad luck.
B) lack of effort.
C) parents' pressures to succeed.
D) teacher's difficult tests.

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Weiner believes that there are two important dimensions that have important implications for motivation: (1) responsibility and (2) stability.

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Goal structure refers to the amount of time students give themselves to complete the task.

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Problem solving, emotional management, and avoidance are strategies that people use to cope with ________.

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