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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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Whereas mastery-oriented students value achievement and success, ________ students try to protect themselves from situations in which they will not look good to others.

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From the pioneering work of Yerkes and Dodson (1908) to present-day research results, what is the correlation between virtually every aspect of achievement and a wide variety of anxiety measures?


A) Moderately positive
B) Negative
C) Positive
D) Zero

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The interest state that arouses, directs, and maintains behaviour is ________.

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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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Students whose sense of self-worth and self-efficacy deteriorate become ________ students.

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Students who demonstrate "learned helplessness" are likely to


A) believe that trying harder will improve their results.
B) find ways to attribute their failures to others.
C) focus on their failures and not seek assistance.
D) set easier goals next time in order to increase their chances of success.

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The following sentence is true about the relationship between motivation and cultural diversity.


A) When minority students have culturally relevant materials they can be more motivated to learn and teachers are more likely to "catch and hold" their situational interest.
B) Some cultures raise children to be more motivated than others.
C) Regardless of cultural backgrounds, teachers can do little to "catch and hold" students' situational interest.
D) Students' life experiences really do not influence the learning process in important ways.

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Sharon believes if she is an outstanding soccer play she will be well liked by her peers. Thus, Sharon place a great amount of ________ value on playing soccer.

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importance...

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On Sunday afternoon, Rick spent a couple of hours picking up discarded bottles and cans from a picturesque section of the wildlife refuge, even though he knew he would not get paid anything for his efforts. Rick's motivation is best described as being


A) attributed.
B) deferred.
C) extrinsic.
D) intrinsic.

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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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Being interested in a task because the activity is enjoyable is what type of motivation?


A) Extrinsic
B) Intrinsic
C) State
D) Trait

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Students who hold a performance-approach goal orientation want to look good in the eyes of others.

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Define and differentiate between entity and incremental beliefs about ability. With what types of attributions and goal orientations are each associated?

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Entity beliefs assume that ability is an...

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Dennis often cons his best friends into letting him use one of their papers from last semester for his assignment in psychology this semester. In terms of goals, what type of learner does Dennis appear to be?


A) Ego-involved
B) Self-directed
C) Task-involved
D) Work-avoidant

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The need to experience choice and control in what we do and how we do it is called ________.

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The cognitive approach to motivation is illustrated best by people who respond to


A) events to which they choose to pay attention.
B) events that have been rewarding in the past.
C) the objective worth or value of events.
D) their perceptions of events, not the events themselves.

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Theories that take into account both the behaviorist's concern with the effects of behaviour and the cognitivist's interest in the impact of thinking are characterized as ________ theories.

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In Maslow's hierarchy, self-esteem is considered to be what type of need?


A) Being
B) Deficiency
C) Proficiency
D) Self-actualization

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Students who have performance goals are interested in improving their skills, no matter how awkward they may appear in the process.

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