Is intrinsic or extrinsic motivation more beneficial
deficiency needs
·
basic needs that must
be met in the order that they appear in the hierarchy
extrinsic motivation
·
a type of motivation
that arises from sources outside the individual
growth needs
·
higher-order needs
that must be met in order for a person to become fulfilled
hierarchy
·
a system that ranks
people, objects, or ideas according to importance
humanism
·
a notion in school
psychology that stresses the importance of viewing a person as a whole
intrinsic motivation
·
a type of motivation that
arises from within the individual
motivation
·
the driving force that
causes a person to want to act in a given way
need
·
something that
motivates human behavior
overjustification effect
·
a phenomenon in which
intrinsically motivated students who are presented with external motivation
lose their internal motivation
self-actualization
·
the fulfillment of
individual potential
self-efficacy
·
the belief an
individual holds about that person's mastery of an idea or skill
self-worth
·
a belief that reflects
the value an individual places on the individual's general worth
transcendence
·
the ability to connect
to something outside of one's own ego
wisdom
·
the ability to make
effective decisions and propose solutions to complicated problems
Which of the following is an example of a
hierarchy?
- A roller coaster line, where only people who
are four feet or taller are allowed to ride.
- A graduation ceremony, where students whose
names begin with A sit in the first row, B in the second row, C in the third
row, and so on through Z.
- The U.S. Army, where staff sergeants must
report to their lieutenants, who must in turn report to their captains, who
must report to the lieutenant colonels, and so on, through to the generals.
- The United States government, where our
executive, legislative, and judicial branches share power through a system of
checks and balances.
·
The U.S. Army, where
staff sergeants must report to their lieutenants, who must in turn report to
their captains, who must report to the lieutenant colonels, and so on, through
to the generals.
Which of the following is an example of a
physiological need in Maslow's theory of motivation?
- food
- recognition
- exploration
- protection
·
food
According to Maslow, what must happen before
people start trying to satisfy growth needs?
- They must satisfy higher-order needs.
- They must develop motivation.
- The must develop wisdom.
- They must satisfy deficiency needs.
·
They must satisfy
deficiency needs.
Which of the following exemplifies wisdom as
defined by Maslow?
- A counselor who helps families who have been
feuding for generations bury the hatchet.
- A world traveler who can pick up languages
and customs like a native.
- A con artist who can persuade anyone and
everyone to hand over their valuables.
- A scholar who has read thousands of books.
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A counselor who helps
families who have been feuding for generations bury the hatchet.
What type of motivation makes you want to do
something for the fun of it?
- intrinsic motivation
- extrinsic motivation
- No motivation is needed—you just want to,
because it's fun.
- overjustification
·
intrinsic motivation
Is intrinsic or extrinsic motivation more
beneficial for encouraging learning?
·
Intrinsic, because
these learners are naturally more persistent and engaged.
What is the best use of external motivation in
the classroom?
- to punish students behaving badly
- to get students interested in the subject
matter
- to indicate feedback about whether a task
has been done well
- to encourage independence
·
to indicate feedback
about whether a task has been done well
Ms. Riley is a science teacher. She sees that
her students regard the material they read on social media and opinion blogs as
fact, and she wants to encourage them to apply the scientific thinking they
have been practicing in labs—developing hypotheses, objectively testing ideas,
and reviewing evidence—to other areas of their lives. Which strategy would work
best for her to achieve this?
- Tell students they'll get a good grade in
class if they do their lab work.
- Allow students to get into personal
discussions about social and current events in class.
- Punish students when they do not engage in
scientific thinking.
- Develop lessons that excite students and
drive them to want to practice scientific thinking.
·
Develop lessons that
excite students and drive them to want to practice scientific thinking.
Which of the following changes in your
self-efficacy, if any, might happen when you have peer-group members who do
well in a task?
- Actually, self-efficacy is an individual
response, and is not generally responsive to peer-group members' experiences
- Both of the above could happen.
- Your self-efficacy might go up when you see
people you relate to doing well.
- Your self-efficacy might go down when you
fail at the same task your peers succeeded in.
·
Both of the above
could happen.
Based on what you know about how self-efficacy
works, which of the following strategies would be the best one for a teacher to
employ to improve a student's self-efficacy?
- Warn her that she should have mastered this
skill by now, and that her grade will suffer if she does not improve.
- Multiple choice items: Start him out with a
real challenge, something exciting and high stakes, to get him to aim high.
- Place him among peers who are frustrated
with their performance of the skill, to prompt him to take on the role of
motivator.
- Give her a lot of chances to encounter and
practice the skill in a low-pressure way, such as guided, non-graded
activities.
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Give her a lot of
chances to encounter and practice the skill in a low-pressure way, such as
guided, non-graded activities.
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