EXSS 155 EXAM 1 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION FULL QUESTION SET AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● whats poppin
Answer: yes
●● Stacey is an adolescent tennis player who is always concerned with
comparing her ability to her prior performance and setting new personal
bests. Based on this description, Stacey endorses a high:
a. outcome/ego goal orientation
b. task/mastery goal orientation
c. attributional goal orientation
d. achievement goal orientation
Answer: b. task/mastery orientation
●● In a general psychological sense, motivation can be defined as
A. the intensity of one's effort
B. the direction of one's effort
C. the direction and intensity of one's effort
D. the direction and emotion associated with one's effort
,Answer: C. the direction and intensity of one's effort
●● In terms of motivational approaches, the "trait-centered view"
focused on ___________ whereas the "situation-centered view" takes
primary focus on __________. The most widely accepted approach,
though, is the __________ view, which incorporates the previous two
approaches.
A. the environment/situation, individual characteristics, mixed
B. individual characteristics, the environment/situation, interactional
C. biological characteristics, life changes, interactional
D. individual characteristics, the environment/situation, mixed
Answer: B. individual characteristics the environment/situation,
interactional
●● Attribution theory focuses on
A. how individuals explain their personal attributes
B. how groups explain their personality attributes
C. how individuals explain their success and failure
D. how individuals explain their personal biases
Answer: C. how individuals explain their success and failure
,●● According to Achievement Goal Theory, individuals can adopt
certain outcome goal orientations. The orientation towards skill
development or improvement is labeled as ______.
A. mastery/outcome
B. task/mastery
C. task/ego
D. ego/outcome
Answer: B. task/mastery
●● You are a U-15 soccer coach who wants to help a few of your players
increase their motivation for soccer. Which of the following is NOT one
of the five guidelines for professional practice on motivation which
could guide your efforts?
A. Always keep the environment the same to enhance motivation.
B. Consider both situations and traits in motivating people.
C. Use behavior modification to change undesirable participant motives.
D. Understand people's motives for involvement.
Answer: A. Always keep the environment the same to enhance
motivation
●● Your textbook refers to arousal as the
, A. direction of motivation at all times
B. frequency of motivated behavior
C. interaction of cognition and emotions
D. intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment
Answer: D. intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment
●● A low trait-anxious athlete (compared to a high trait-anxious athlete)
would perceive competition as
A. less threatening and less anxiety producing
B. less threatening and more anxiety producing
C. more threatening and more anxiety producing
D. more threatening and less anxiety producing
Answer: A. less threatening and less anxiety producing
●● ________ is a personality disposition defined by the degree to which
people become anxious when others observe their physiques.
A. trait anxiety
B. state anxiety
C. social physique anxiety
D. multidimensional anxiety theory
E. debilitative anxiety
EVALUATION FULL QUESTION SET AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● whats poppin
Answer: yes
●● Stacey is an adolescent tennis player who is always concerned with
comparing her ability to her prior performance and setting new personal
bests. Based on this description, Stacey endorses a high:
a. outcome/ego goal orientation
b. task/mastery goal orientation
c. attributional goal orientation
d. achievement goal orientation
Answer: b. task/mastery orientation
●● In a general psychological sense, motivation can be defined as
A. the intensity of one's effort
B. the direction of one's effort
C. the direction and intensity of one's effort
D. the direction and emotion associated with one's effort
,Answer: C. the direction and intensity of one's effort
●● In terms of motivational approaches, the "trait-centered view"
focused on ___________ whereas the "situation-centered view" takes
primary focus on __________. The most widely accepted approach,
though, is the __________ view, which incorporates the previous two
approaches.
A. the environment/situation, individual characteristics, mixed
B. individual characteristics, the environment/situation, interactional
C. biological characteristics, life changes, interactional
D. individual characteristics, the environment/situation, mixed
Answer: B. individual characteristics the environment/situation,
interactional
●● Attribution theory focuses on
A. how individuals explain their personal attributes
B. how groups explain their personality attributes
C. how individuals explain their success and failure
D. how individuals explain their personal biases
Answer: C. how individuals explain their success and failure
,●● According to Achievement Goal Theory, individuals can adopt
certain outcome goal orientations. The orientation towards skill
development or improvement is labeled as ______.
A. mastery/outcome
B. task/mastery
C. task/ego
D. ego/outcome
Answer: B. task/mastery
●● You are a U-15 soccer coach who wants to help a few of your players
increase their motivation for soccer. Which of the following is NOT one
of the five guidelines for professional practice on motivation which
could guide your efforts?
A. Always keep the environment the same to enhance motivation.
B. Consider both situations and traits in motivating people.
C. Use behavior modification to change undesirable participant motives.
D. Understand people's motives for involvement.
Answer: A. Always keep the environment the same to enhance
motivation
●● Your textbook refers to arousal as the
, A. direction of motivation at all times
B. frequency of motivated behavior
C. interaction of cognition and emotions
D. intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment
Answer: D. intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment
●● A low trait-anxious athlete (compared to a high trait-anxious athlete)
would perceive competition as
A. less threatening and less anxiety producing
B. less threatening and more anxiety producing
C. more threatening and more anxiety producing
D. more threatening and less anxiety producing
Answer: A. less threatening and less anxiety producing
●● ________ is a personality disposition defined by the degree to which
people become anxious when others observe their physiques.
A. trait anxiety
B. state anxiety
C. social physique anxiety
D. multidimensional anxiety theory
E. debilitative anxiety
