Those with strong performance goals seek to ___?___ their competence?
a. prove
b. disprove
c. improve
d. none of the above
Ques. 2The statement I don't know where my daughter got her math ability, but it wasn't
from me is an example of an ___?___ theory of intelligence.
a. entity
b. implicit
c. attribution
d. incremental
Ques. 3According to the text, one of the best ways to foster mastery goals in the classroom is to
reward
a. high ability
b. improvement
c. concern for good products
d. compliance with the teacher
Ques. 4Learners develop either performance or mastery goals based on their implicit beliefs
about
a. effort
b. intelligence
c. strategy usefulness
d. how helpful the teacher is
Ques. 5When training the dolphin to jump through a loop, the trainer starts at a height of one foot
above the water and increases the height one foot per week. Eventually the dolphin can jump
through a hoop ten feet above water. This is an illustration of:
a. deliberate practice.
b. trial-and-error.
c. shaping.
d. chaining.
Ques. 6Which type of self-efficacy is positively correlated with student achievement?
a. student self-efficacy
b. teacher self-efficacy
c. school self-efficacy
d. all of the above
Ques. 7Research supports which of the following classroom scenarios?
a. giving students reward-contingent choices
b. giving choices that are not reward-contingent
c. not giving students opportunities to make choices
d. punishing bad choices
Ques. 8Intrinsic motivation refers to
a. behaviors that are engaged in for their own sake
b. confidence that one can successfully performance a task
c. behaviors that are engaged in to achieve some valued outcome
d. confidence that one can set achievable goals
Ques. 9Low ability cues provide inadvertent information about how the
a. teacher views the student's ability
b. student views his/her own ability
c. student views the teacher's ability
d. teacher views his/her own ability
Ques. 10Deci and Ryan's research suggests that tangible rewards (e.g., money for good grades)
may
a. decrease extrinsic motivation
b. decrease intrinsic motivation
c. increase intrinsic motivation
d. have no effect on intrinsic or extrinsic motivation
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