Which one of the following students most clearly has a work-avoidance goal?
a. Last night Frederick stayed up so late watching television that he can hardly stay awake in class.
b. Loni is so active in student government that she often doesn't have time to get her homework done.
c. Chris asks for his teacher's help on a task he is perfectly capable of doing on his own.
d. Nancy wonders why she has to work harder than her friends to get the same grades they do.
Ques. 2Which one of the following students most clearly has a doing-just enough goal?
a. Dave wants to pass his chemistry class with a C. To do so he reads only the necessary chapters to get a C on the exam.
b. Mae wants to pass her chemistry class with an A. She does all of the assigned reading and any extra reading she can find so she can do very well on the exam.
c. Naomi does not like chemistry and does not study for her exam. However, she received an A on the exam.
d. Prudence really enjoys chemistry, but is a very anxious test taker. No matter how much she studies, she always gets C's on her exams.
Ques. 3Which one of the following is the best example of a student attributing success to an internal factor?
a. Nita has just gotten an A on her final exam in world history and is feeling very grateful to the teacher for her good grade.
b. Polly's teacher has just told her that she will be the group leader for her reading group next quarter. Polly is glad her teacher is in a good mood today.
c. Renata has just gotten a good grade on her math test and is glad that her mother got her a math tutor.
d. Sue Ellen has just gotten a good grade on her geography test; she's proud that she did so well and glad that she studied hard.
Ques. 4People often have multiple goals toward which they are striving. Under such circumstances, they may do any three of the following. Which one are they least likely to do?
a. Pursue one or two goals first, leaving others to be accomplished at a later time
b. Redefine their ideas about what it means to achieve their goals successfully
c. Find activities that enable them to accomplish two or more goals simultaneously
d. Become so frustrated that they don't accomplish any of their goals
Ques. 5For the past three years, 16-year-old Susan has set her sights on becoming an electrical engineer. Which one of the following statements about Susan is consistent with research on career goals?
a. It's highly unusual for an adolescent like Susan to have such a stable career goal.
b. Susan worries about whether she'll be able to handle both her career and motherhood.
c. Susan's high aspirations are quite surprising; most adolescents (boys and girls alike) tend to aspire to careers far below what they are capable of achieving.
d. Susan is likely to find equal numbers of males and females in her college engineering classes.
Ques. 6Three of the following behaviors reflect a social goal. Which behavior does not necessarily reflect a social goal?
a. Learning as much as one can about European history
b. Helping a person who has been hurt in an accident
c. Bullying a clumsy and unpopular classmate
d. Seeking a teacher's approval
Ques. 7Which one of the following teaching strategies best illustrates the concept press for understanding?
a. Mr. Andersen asks students to explain and justify their approach to solving complex problems.
b. Ms. Blumenfeld uses a concrete model of the solar system to explain why we have summer and winter.
c. Mr. Carowsky has students take truefalse quizzes on a certain topic until they earn a score of 90 or higher.
d. Ms. dePalma gives an abstract lecture on the concepts of momentum and inertia and then follows it up with several examples of how these concepts can be seen in students' everyday lives.
Ques. 8Three of the following teaching strategies are likely to promote performance goals. Which one is likely to promote a mastery goal?
a. Encouraging students to strive for perfect scores on their math quizzes
b. Reminding students that colleges look for applicants who have high GPAs
c. Awarding first, second, and third prizes for the three best science fair exhibits
d. Helping students see that they're making progress in their persuasive writing
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