Motivation and achievement

What is achievement motivation?

• Gaining positive judgments of one's competence

• The tendency to strive for success and choose goal-oriented activities

• Implicit theories to explain success or failure

• No matter what one does, they are doomed to fail

Which of these is an example of intrinsic motivation?

• Teresa gets a gold star for her book report

• After getting a perfect score on his test, Joey's parents put his score on the fridge.

• During the unit on desert wildlife, Anne enjoys doing research on her own because she finds the topic interesting.

• Bobby's parents say they will go to Disneyland if he passes his next math test.

Marie is achievement motivated. She gets to choose a partner for the next book report. Which of these students is she most likely to choose?

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When a highly achievement motivated student fails, they get discouraged and stop trying.

• True

• False

What is another word for "learning goal"?

Justine is getting really good grades in school. However, she takes easy courses and doesn't really challenge herself. What kind of goals is she most likely oriented towards?

• Performance

• Learning

• Extrinsic

• Intrinsic

What is a synonym for "high achievement motivation"?

Extrinsic incentives are rewards for learning that are not inherent in the material being learned.

• True

• False

Avery feels like her history teacher is constantly calling her out and making her down for no reason. She thinks the teacher is being unfair, and feels that no matter what she does, she will never get a good grade in the class. Which locus of control best describes Avery in this situation?

• Internal

• External

Locus of control is unchanging and applies to all situations and subjects.

• True

• False