NCTRC EXAM STUDY GUIDE Complete Questions and Answers!

NCTRC EXAM STUDY GUIDE Complete Questions and Answers! Leisure efficacy - ANSWER To meet your own leisure needs, benefits from good circumstances. You need a repertoire of skills to be self-capable. Meet own needs/goals. Attribution Model - ANSWER The causal analysis of behavior. The process by which a person attributes or makes causal inferences. "To what I attribute my successes and failures". Learned Helplessness - ANSWER A perceived lack of control over events. -no matter how much energy is expended, the situation is futile & you are helpless to change things.-people learn to be helpless; people become dependent. -behaviors & outcomes are out of one's control. Perceived Freedom - ANSWER When a person does not feel forced or constrained to participate & does not feel inhibited or limited by the environment. (LDB) The freedom to choose your activity; feel competent; "I can do this" Intrinsic Motivation - ANSWER To do something for yourself. Internal desires to do something as a sense of satisfaction. Locus of control -internal - ANSWER You have the control/can change/good self esteem. Locus of control - external - ANSWER Low self esteem, helpless; "he made me do it". Psycho- Analytic Theory - ANSWER Engaging in play to reduce anxiety. ie: play therapy-abused child uses doll to master situation. Catharsis Theory - ANSWER Play to release repressed thoughts, feelings, and emotions. An outlet for aggression. Diversion Theory - ANSWER To amuse ourselves. Compensation Theory - ANSWER To play/recreate, to fulfill needs not met at work. Surplus Energy - ANSWER To get rid of excess energy.