PSY 263 ch11 quiz

A student's expectancy about classroom success is influenced by three of the following factors. Which one will probably be least influential?

Whether the student has set short-term or long-term goals

Which one of the following is the best example of extrinsic motivation?

Wanting a good grade in your literature class.

Which one of the following students clearly has a performance goal rather than a mastery goal?

Alec judges his own performance on the basis of how his classmates do.

Which one of the following examples best illustrates the concept of situated motivation?

Last year Ophelia was bored to tears in history class, but this year she loves history because her teacher conducts many activities that make the subject matter come alive.

Which one of the following classroom strategies is most likely to increase students' sense of self-determination?

Ms. Brown asks her third graders to develop some class rules to ensure that all class members will have a chance to express their ideas openly.

Which one of the following is the best example of a student attributing success to internal factors?

Sue Ellen has just gotten a good grade on her geography test. She is proud that she did so well and glad that she studied hard.

Marco tells his teacher, "I could probably do well in history, but I am not very interested in it. But even though I think I would like to be a doctor, I just won't ever have the science skills that I'd need for that career." Marco is best described as having:

a fixed mindset AND a growth mindset.

Marion puts off doing a project for the science fair until she has so little time to do it that she cannot possibly complete a good project. Such behavior is most consistent with the concept of:

self-handicapping.

Of the following strategies, the most effective way to enhance students' sense of autonomy in the classroom is to provide:

opportunities for students to make meaningful choices about their learning activities.

When 14-year-old Jonathan goes out for the high school cross-country team, he discovers that he's the slowest runner on the team. After three weeks of daily practice with the team, his speed and endurance improve very little, if at all. Given what we know about how expectancies and values are interrelated in the secondary school years, we can reasonably guess that Jonathan will:

value cross-country running less than he has previously.