EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY TEST
#3 CORRECT 100%
motivation - ANSWERa need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.
The Behavioral Perspective - ANSWERemphasizes external rewards and
punishment as keys in determining student motivation
incentives - ANSWERa positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates
behavior
The Humanistic Perspective - ANSWERemphasizes human growth, potential, self-
understanding and self-actualization. Students have the capacity to choose their
destiny.
hierarchy of needs - ANSWERMaslow's Theory of Motivation which states that we
must achieve lower level needs, such as food, shelter, and safety before we can
achieve higher level needs, such as belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.
self-actualization - ANSWERaccording to Maslow, the ultimate psychological need
that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is
achieved; the motivation to fulfill one's potential.
The Cognitive Perspective - ANSWERstudents' thoughts guide their motivation
competence motivation - ANSWERThe desire to direct your behavior toward
demonstrating competence and excercising control in a situation
The Social Perspective - ANSWERstresses the need for affiliation or relatedness
that involves establishing, maintaining, and restoring warm, close, personal
relationships
stability - ANSWERstable or unstable, whether the cause changes
controllability - ANSWERcontrollable or uncontrollable to the individual
helpless orientation - ANSWERan orientation in which one seems trapped by the
experience of difficulty and attributes one's difficulty to a lack of ability
mastery orientation - ANSWERAn outlook in which individuals focus on the task
rather than on their ability; they concentrate on learning strategies and the process of
achievement instead of the outcome
the need for affiliation, or relatedness - ANSWERthe motive to be securely
connected with other people
, extrinsic motivation - ANSWERa desire to perform a behavior to receive promised
rewards or avoid threatened punishment
intrinsic motivation - ANSWERA desire to perform a behavior for its own sake.
Motivation is increased when the students are given personal choice
flow - ANSWERa completely involved, focused state of consciousness, with
diminished awareness of self and time, resulting from optimal engagement of one's
skills
optimal experiences - ANSWERpeople report feelings of deep enjoyment or
happiness
attribution theory - ANSWERa set of theories that describe how people explain the
causes of behavior
locus - ANSWERexternal or internal
performance orientation - ANSWERan orientation in which one focuses on
achievement outcomes; winning is what matters most, and happiness is thought to
result from winning
mindset - ANSWERthe cognitive view, either fixed or growth, that individuals develop
for themselves
self-efficacy - ANSWEROne's belief in his or her own ability.
social motives - ANSWERMotives that are acquired through experience and
interaction with others.
failure syndrome - ANSWERhaving low expectations for success and giving up at
the first sign of difficulty
nonperformance - ANSWERThe most obvious strategy for avoiding failure- not trying
procrastination - ANSWERIntentionally putting off doing something that should be
done
self-handicapping strategies - ANSWERDoing things that contribute to you failing
(knowingly or unknowingly) and then using these very things as excuses for failing.
perfectionists - ANSWERset high/unrelaistic standerds, invest more time/effort than
nessecary, strong internalized set of shoulds/oughts, need to be in control to see job
is done right, high energy, attack several tasks at once, difficulty in setting priorities
#3 CORRECT 100%
motivation - ANSWERa need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.
The Behavioral Perspective - ANSWERemphasizes external rewards and
punishment as keys in determining student motivation
incentives - ANSWERa positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates
behavior
The Humanistic Perspective - ANSWERemphasizes human growth, potential, self-
understanding and self-actualization. Students have the capacity to choose their
destiny.
hierarchy of needs - ANSWERMaslow's Theory of Motivation which states that we
must achieve lower level needs, such as food, shelter, and safety before we can
achieve higher level needs, such as belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.
self-actualization - ANSWERaccording to Maslow, the ultimate psychological need
that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self-esteem is
achieved; the motivation to fulfill one's potential.
The Cognitive Perspective - ANSWERstudents' thoughts guide their motivation
competence motivation - ANSWERThe desire to direct your behavior toward
demonstrating competence and excercising control in a situation
The Social Perspective - ANSWERstresses the need for affiliation or relatedness
that involves establishing, maintaining, and restoring warm, close, personal
relationships
stability - ANSWERstable or unstable, whether the cause changes
controllability - ANSWERcontrollable or uncontrollable to the individual
helpless orientation - ANSWERan orientation in which one seems trapped by the
experience of difficulty and attributes one's difficulty to a lack of ability
mastery orientation - ANSWERAn outlook in which individuals focus on the task
rather than on their ability; they concentrate on learning strategies and the process of
achievement instead of the outcome
the need for affiliation, or relatedness - ANSWERthe motive to be securely
connected with other people
, extrinsic motivation - ANSWERa desire to perform a behavior to receive promised
rewards or avoid threatened punishment
intrinsic motivation - ANSWERA desire to perform a behavior for its own sake.
Motivation is increased when the students are given personal choice
flow - ANSWERa completely involved, focused state of consciousness, with
diminished awareness of self and time, resulting from optimal engagement of one's
skills
optimal experiences - ANSWERpeople report feelings of deep enjoyment or
happiness
attribution theory - ANSWERa set of theories that describe how people explain the
causes of behavior
locus - ANSWERexternal or internal
performance orientation - ANSWERan orientation in which one focuses on
achievement outcomes; winning is what matters most, and happiness is thought to
result from winning
mindset - ANSWERthe cognitive view, either fixed or growth, that individuals develop
for themselves
self-efficacy - ANSWEROne's belief in his or her own ability.
social motives - ANSWERMotives that are acquired through experience and
interaction with others.
failure syndrome - ANSWERhaving low expectations for success and giving up at
the first sign of difficulty
nonperformance - ANSWERThe most obvious strategy for avoiding failure- not trying
procrastination - ANSWERIntentionally putting off doing something that should be
done
self-handicapping strategies - ANSWERDoing things that contribute to you failing
(knowingly or unknowingly) and then using these very things as excuses for failing.
perfectionists - ANSWERset high/unrelaistic standerds, invest more time/effort than
nessecary, strong internalized set of shoulds/oughts, need to be in control to see job
is done right, high energy, attack several tasks at once, difficulty in setting priorities
