Research indicates that praise for genuine accomplishment can increase intrinsic motivation. Which of the following best explains this research result?
a. People's needs for self-determination
b. People's needs to protect their self-worth
c. People's beliefs in their capabilities
d. People's social goals
Ques. 2Students in a biology class study single-subject experimental design as one of their topics. Sometime later they use a single-subject design in a project for their psychology class. Of the following, this best illustrates:
a. general transfer.
b. specific transfer.
c. identical elements.
d. global transfer.
Ques. 3The concepts of autonomy and competence most closely relates to which of the following?
a. The need for self-determination
b. The need to preserve self-worth
c. The need to avoid failure
d. The need to derive pleasure from novel or unique events
Ques. 4Which of the following is the best description of competence?
a. The need to act on and control one's environment
b. The ability to function effectively in the environment
c. The ability to reach one's full potential and be all one can be
d. Independence and an individual's ability to alter the environment when necessary
Ques. 5Mr. Andriesse has taught his fifth graders about metaphors and similes. He has given them several examples of each, and they also formed a definition of each. He then supplied the term metaphor and linked it to its definition and then introduced the term simile and linked it to its definition. Mr. Andriesse then had them write a paragraph that included at least three examples each of similes and metaphors. Most of the students were able to do it. For those that were, this best illustrates:
a. metacognition.
b. study skills.
c. transfer.
d. critical thinking.
Ques. 6Our first reaction to others is usually at an emotional, personal, and human level. This is best explained by:
a. Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
b. the need for self-determination.
c. the need to preserve our sense of self-worth.
d. the need to be reinforced by others.
Ques. 7You want to teach your students to summarize. You have a passage two pages long that you want them to practice on. According to research on teaching the process, which of the following is the most effective?
a. Have the students highlight the information they think is important in each paragraph.
b. Have the students skim the material and identify the paragraph in the passage that they think is most important.
c. Have the students construct a topic sentence for each paragraph.
d. Have the students write down the facts in the passage that they think are important.
Ques. 8Of the following, beliefs and expectations most closely relate to:
a. behaviorist views of motivation.
b. humanistic views of motivation.
c. psychoanalytic views of motivation.
d. cognitive and social cognitive views of motivation.
Ques. 9Of the following, the best teacher question to promote critical thinking on the part of students is:
a. What is the first thing that we always do?
b. What do you see?
c. What do parentheses tell us to do?
d. How do you know?
Ques. 10According to Maslow, which of the following needs will predominate if there is a conflict among needs?
a. Need to spend time at concerts and museums
b. Need to stay informed about events in the world
c. Need to belong to a family
d. Need to be seen as a unique individual
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