PSY 370 EXAM #4 QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
The internal state that arouses, directs and maintains behavior defines.... - Answers -
Motivation
Student characteristics such as greater interest, sense of competence, creativity, and
conceptual learning are associated with classrooms that.. - Answers - Support self-
determination
According to Willingham, reading students for learning multiplication tables would be
most effective if students received... - Answers - If the rewards are prompt; soon after
they achieved the goal
According to cognitive evaluation theory, feedback that enhances students' sense of
competence will increase their... - Answers - Intrinsic motivation
Needs for competence and autonomy are the basis for.. - Answers - Self-determination
Theory
Which of the following best represents Willingham's position on using rewards? -
Answers - Try to use rewards for a specific reason and for a limited time
In "The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us", Daniel Pink argues that people are
best motivated by.. - Answers - creating an environment in which people experience
opportunities for autonomy, mastery, and purpose
The approach to motivation that focuses exclusively on external factors as the source of
motivation is... - Answers - Behavioral
The that rewards are "immoral" is based on the belief that rewards... - Answers - Are
used to control and dehumanize people
In general what happens when individuals who have been rewarded for doing
something stop receiving the rewards for doing it? - Answers - People stop doing the
behavior that led to the reward
What is the most likely consequence of this situation - I already like doing an activity
and my teacher now starts to reward me each time I do it. My interest in doing the
activity will... - Answers - Decrease b/c I start to become interested in the reward rather
than the activity
Providing a calm, orderly classroom, high expectations and high levels of support, and
academic knowledge and skills are ways that... - Answers - Teachers can buffer
children from the adverse effects of chronic stress
The internal state that arouses, directs and maintains behavior defines.... - Answers -
Motivation
Student characteristics such as greater interest, sense of competence, creativity, and
conceptual learning are associated with classrooms that.. - Answers - Support self-
determination
According to Willingham, reading students for learning multiplication tables would be
most effective if students received... - Answers - If the rewards are prompt; soon after
they achieved the goal
According to cognitive evaluation theory, feedback that enhances students' sense of
competence will increase their... - Answers - Intrinsic motivation
Needs for competence and autonomy are the basis for.. - Answers - Self-determination
Theory
Which of the following best represents Willingham's position on using rewards? -
Answers - Try to use rewards for a specific reason and for a limited time
In "The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us", Daniel Pink argues that people are
best motivated by.. - Answers - creating an environment in which people experience
opportunities for autonomy, mastery, and purpose
The approach to motivation that focuses exclusively on external factors as the source of
motivation is... - Answers - Behavioral
The that rewards are "immoral" is based on the belief that rewards... - Answers - Are
used to control and dehumanize people
In general what happens when individuals who have been rewarded for doing
something stop receiving the rewards for doing it? - Answers - People stop doing the
behavior that led to the reward
What is the most likely consequence of this situation - I already like doing an activity
and my teacher now starts to reward me each time I do it. My interest in doing the
activity will... - Answers - Decrease b/c I start to become interested in the reward rather
than the activity
Providing a calm, orderly classroom, high expectations and high levels of support, and
academic knowledge and skills are ways that... - Answers - Teachers can buffer
children from the adverse effects of chronic stress
