Question 1

From the viewpoint of operant conditioning, explain the meaning of each of the following five terms: S : R $\rightarrow$ C. [S, colon, R, arrow, C]

Accepted Answer

In operant conditioning, the terms S, R,

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true? Extrinsic rewards:

Accepted Answer

A) enhance creativity, or cognitive flexibility in general. 
B) successfully help promote autonomous self-regulation. 
C) lead learners to seek out and approach optimally challenging versions of the task. 
D) shift a learner's attention away from task mastery and toward potential extrinsic gains. 
A) enhance creativity, or cognitive flexibility in general. 
B) successfully help promote autonomous self-regulation. 
C) lead learners to seek out and approach optimally challenging versions of the task. 
D) shift a learner's attention away from task mastery and toward potential extrinsic gains.

Question 3

If a person engages in an intrinsically motivating activity and begins to receive extrinsic rewards for doing so, what happens to his or her intrinsic and extrinsic motivations?

Accepted Answer

A) Intrinsic decreases, while extrinsic increases. 
B) Intrinsic increases, while extrinsic decreases. 
C) Both decrease. 
D) Both increase. 
A) Intrinsic decreases, while extrinsic increases. 
B) Intrinsic increases, while extrinsic decreases. 
C) Both decrease. 
D) Both increase.

Question 4

Explain the role that environmental incentives, consequences, and rewards play in the initiation and regulation of extrinsic motivation.

Accepted Answer

Environmental incentives, consequences,

Question 5

The behavioral view of learning assumes that learning is essentially a change in behavior, and this view emphasizes the effects of___as the cause of that learning?

Accepted Answer

A) behavioral anchors 
B) environmental stimuli 
C) knowledge, schemas, and scripts 
D) psychological needs 
A) behavioral anchors 
B) environmental stimuli 
C) knowledge, schemas, and scripts 
D) psychological needs

Question 6

Explain what a person who was asked to engage in a very boring (i.e., uninteresting)
activity could do to at least temporarily boost their interest by using "interest-enhancing
strategies".

Accepted Answer

There are several interest-enhancing str

Question 7

Which of the following statements is not supported by empirical research?

Accepted Answer

A) Rewards decrease a learner's ability to learn factual information. 
B) Rewards interfere with quality of learning by narrowing the learner's attention. 
C) Rewards lead learners to quit learning once they attain the extrinsic reward. 
D) Rewards make a learner more susceptible to negative emotions like frustration. 
A) Rewards decrease a learner's ability to learn factual information. 
B) Rewards interfere with quality of learning by narrowing the learner's attention. 
C) Rewards lead learners to quit learning once they attain the extrinsic reward. 
D) Rewards make a learner more susceptible to negative emotions like frustration.

Question 8

Explain why motivation researchers recommend that practitioners who are trying to
motivate others to engage in inherently uninteresting activities recommend the offering of
explanatory rationales rather than incentives or rewards.

Accepted Answer

Motivation researchers recommend offerin

Question 9

Outline the words a teacher might use to motivate a student to try hard on an uninteresting task by promoting that student's identified regulation.

Accepted Answer

I understand that this task may not be t

Question 10

Apply cognitive evaluation theory to explain the motivational dynamics involved in either praise or interpersonal competition.

Accepted Answer

Cognitive evaluation theory suggests tha

Question 11

Lepper et al.'s study with preschool children with the drawing activity and good player awards found that the extrinsic reward decreased intrinsic interest only when children received:

Accepted Answer

A) an award for drawing better than the other children. 
B) an expected award for drawing. 
C) an unexpected award for drawing. 
D) multiple rewards. 
A) an award for drawing better than the other children. 
B) an expected award for drawing. 
C) an unexpected award for drawing. 
D) multiple rewards.

Question 12

The behavioral act of taking out the garbage in order to stop your roommate's persistent nagging to do so results in ___for the act of taking out the garbage.

Accepted Answer

A) extinction 
B) negative reinforcement 
C) positive reinforcement 
D) punishment 
A) extinction 
B) negative reinforcement 
C) positive reinforcement 
D) punishment

Question 13

Which of the following ways of delivering praise best supports the intrinsic motivation of the other person? Saying:

Accepted Answer

A) Good job, you improved by 10%. 
B) Good job, but you must try harder next time. 
C) Good job, please keep it up because you make me so proud. 
D) Good job, you did just what you were supposed to do. 
A) Good job, you improved by 10%. 
B) Good job, but you must try harder next time. 
C) Good job, please keep it up because you make me so proud. 
D) Good job, you did just what you were supposed to do.

Question 14

Reinforcement is to _____, as punishment is to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  extinction; satiation 
B)  promoting behavior; suppressing behavior 
C)  satiation; extinction 
D)  suppressing behavior; promoting behavior 
A)  extinction; satiation 
B)  promoting behavior; suppressing behavior 
C)  satiation; extinction 
D)  suppressing behavior; promoting behavior

Question 15

If a person receives a paycheck for coming to work on time, then the worker becomes more likely to come to work on time in the future. This example illustrates that the paycheck acts as a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) incentive. 
B) negative reinforcer. 
C) positive reinforcer. 
D) punisher. 
A) incentive. 
B) negative reinforcer. 
C) positive reinforcer. 
D) punisher.

Question 16

Amotivation:

Accepted Answer

A) is almost always balanced (or offset)by motivation. 
B) is the best motivational state to possess in terms of day-to-day functioning. 
C) is the worst motivational state to possess in terms of day-to-day functioning. 
D) starts with motivation but ends with amotivation.
Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-Choice Test Questions 
A) is almost always balanced (or offset)by motivation. 
B) is the best motivational state to possess in terms of day-to-day functioning. 
C) is the worst motivational state to possess in terms of day-to-day functioning. 
D) starts with motivation but ends with amotivation.
Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-Choice Test Questions

Question 17

Which of the following is a benefit of extrinsic rewards?

Accepted Answer

A) Rewards can increase autonomous self-regulation. 
B) Rewards can promote conceptual understanding of the information to be learned. 
C) Rewards can promote creativity. 
D) Rewards make an otherwise uninteresting task suddenly seem worth pursuing. 
A) Rewards can increase autonomous self-regulation. 
B) Rewards can promote conceptual understanding of the information to be learned. 
C) Rewards can promote creativity. 
D) Rewards make an otherwise uninteresting task suddenly seem worth pursuing.

Question 18

Which type of motivation is most closely associated with the following orientation: "Do this in order to get that," where the "this" is the requested behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) amotivation 
B) intrinsic motivation 
C) extrinsic motivation 
D) all of the above 
A) amotivation 
B) intrinsic motivation 
C) extrinsic motivation 
D) all of the above

Question 19

A(n) _is any offering from one person given to another person in exchange for his or her service or achievement.

Accepted Answer

A) consequence 
B) incentive 
C) need 
D) reward 
A) consequence 
B) incentive 
C) need 
D) reward

Question 20

State the argument for and the argument against the following statement:
Extrinsic motivators are positive contributors to motivation.

Accepted Answer

Argument for: Extrinsic motivators can p

From the viewpoint of operant conditioning, explain the meaning of each of the following five terms: S : R $\rightarrow$ C. [S, colon, R, arrow, C]

Which of the following statements is true? Extrinsic rewards:

If a person engages in an intrinsically motivating activity and begins to receive extrinsic rewards for doing so, what happens to his or her intrinsic and extrinsic motivations?

Explain the role that environmental incentives, consequences, and rewards play in the initiation and regulation of extrinsic motivation.

The behavioral view of learning assumes that learning is essentially a change in behavior, and this view emphasizes the effects of___as the cause of that learning?

Explain what a person who was asked to engage in a very boring (i.e., uninteresting) activity could do to at least temporarily boost their interest by using "interest-enhancing strategies".

Which of the following statements is not supported by empirical research?

Explain why motivation researchers recommend that practitioners who are trying to motivate others to engage in inherently uninteresting activities recommend the offering of explanatory rationales rather than incentives or rewards.

Outline the words a teacher might use to motivate a student to try hard on an uninteresting task by promoting that student's identified regulation.

Apply cognitive evaluation theory to explain the motivational dynamics involved in either praise or interpersonal competition.

Lepper et al.'s study with preschool children with the drawing activity and good player awards found that the extrinsic reward decreased intrinsic interest only when children received:

The behavioral act of taking out the garbage in order to stop your roommate's persistent nagging to do so results in ___for the act of taking out the garbage.

Which of the following ways of delivering praise best supports the intrinsic motivation of the other person? Saying:

Reinforcement is to _, as punishment is to _.

If a person receives a paycheck for coming to work on time, then the worker becomes more likely to come to work on time in the future. This example illustrates that the paycheck acts as a(n):

Amotivation:

Which of the following is a benefit of extrinsic rewards?

Which type of motivation is most closely associated with the following orientation: "Do this in order to get that," where the "this" is the requested behavior?

A(n) _is any offering from one person given to another person in exchange for his or her service or achievement.

State the argument for and the argument against the following statement: Extrinsic motivators are positive contributors to motivation.

Introduction

Motivation and Emotion in Historical Perspective

The Motivated and Emotional Brain

Physiological Needs

Psychological Needs

Implicit Motives

Goal Setting and Goal Striving

Mindsets

Personal Control Beliefs

The Self and Its Strivings

Nature of Emotion: Six Perennial Questions

Aspects of Emotion

Individual Emotions

Growth Motivation and Positive Psychology

Unconscious Motivation

Interventions

Filters

Exam 5: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations

From the viewpoint of operant conditioning, explain the meaning of each of the following five terms: S : R →\rightarrow→ C. [S, colon, R, arrow, C]

Which of the following statements is true? Extrinsic rewards:

If a person engages in an intrinsically motivating activity and begins to receive extrinsic rewards for doing so, what happens to his or her intrinsic and extrinsic motivations?

Explain the role that environmental incentives, consequences, and rewards play in the initiation and regulation of extrinsic motivation.

The behavioral view of learning assumes that learning is essentially a change in behavior, and this view emphasizes the effects of___as the cause of that learning?

Explain what a person who was asked to engage in a very boring (i.e., uninteresting) activity could do to at least temporarily boost their interest by using "interest-enhancing strategies".

Which of the following statements is not supported by empirical research?

Explain why motivation researchers recommend that practitioners who are trying to motivate others to engage in inherently uninteresting activities recommend the offering of explanatory rationales rather than incentives or rewards.

Outline the words a teacher might use to motivate a student to try hard on an uninteresting task by promoting that student's identified regulation.

Apply cognitive evaluation theory to explain the motivational dynamics involved in either praise or interpersonal competition.

Lepper et al.'s study with preschool children with the drawing activity and good player awards found that the extrinsic reward decreased intrinsic interest only when children received:

The behavioral act of taking out the garbage in order to stop your roommate's persistent nagging to do so results in ___for the act of taking out the garbage.

Which of the following ways of delivering praise best supports the intrinsic motivation of the other person? Saying:

Reinforcement is to _____, as punishment is to _____.

If a person receives a paycheck for coming to work on time, then the worker becomes more likely to come to work on time in the future. This example illustrates that the paycheck acts as a(n):

Amotivation:

Which of the following is a benefit of extrinsic rewards?

Which type of motivation is most closely associated with the following orientation: "Do this in order to get that," where the "this" is the requested behavior?

A(n) _is any offering from one person given to another person in exchange for his or her service or achievement.

State the argument for and the argument against the following statement: Extrinsic motivators are positive contributors to motivation.

Introduction

Motivation and Emotion in Historical Perspective

The Motivated and Emotional Brain

Physiological Needs

Psychological Needs

Implicit Motives

Goal Setting and Goal Striving

Mindsets

Personal Control Beliefs

The Self and Its Strivings

Nature of Emotion: Six Perennial Questions

Aspects of Emotion

Individual Emotions

Growth Motivation and Positive Psychology

Unconscious Motivation

Interventions

Filters

From the viewpoint of operant conditioning, explain the meaning of each of the following five terms: S : R $\rightarrow$ C. [S, colon, R, arrow, C]

Reinforcement is to _, as punishment is to _.