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Motivation Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1)_________ is the processes that account for an individual's intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.

a)

Perception

b)

Cooperation

c)

Motivation

d)

Affection

2.

2) Which is NOT a dimension in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

a)

Ego

b)

Physiological

c)

Safety

d)

Esteem

3.

3) __________ prophecy refers to the socio-psychological phenomenon of someone "predicting" or expecting something, and this “prediction” or expectation comes true simply because one believes it will.

a)

Intrinsic

b)

Extrinsic

c)

Self-fulfilling

d)

Motivational

4.

4) The _____ effect is a form of self-fulfilling prophecy where believing something to be true can make it true.

a)

Archimedes

b)

Galatia

c)

Icarus

d)

Pygmalion

5.

5) Classical conditioning is learning through association and was discovered by _________, a Russian physiologist. In simple terms two stimuli are linked together to produce a new learned response in a person or animal.

a)

Einstein

b)

Maslow

c)

Pavlov

d)

Watson

6.

6) Operant conditioning is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behaviour. Through operant conditioning, an individual makes an association between a particular behaviour and a consequence.

a)

Skinner

b)

Thorndike

c)

Watson

d)

Freud

7.

7) ________________theory is a theory of learning process and social behavior which proposes that new behaviors can be acquired by observing and imitating others.

a)

Motivational Learning

b)

Social Learning

c)

Educational Learning

d)

Pscyhological Learning

8.

8) Self-efficacy is, according to psychologist _____________________who originally proposed the concept, a personal judgment of "how well one can execute courses of action required to deal with prospective situations.

a)

Albert Bandura

b)

Kathy Kolbe

c)

Jack Watson

d)

Julian B. Rotter

9.

9) Which one indicates that a person is intrinsically motivated?

a)

Satisfaction

b)

Chocolate

c)

Praise

d)

Grades

10.

10) ___________________is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics".

a)

Frederic Skinner

b)

Noam Chomsky

c)

John Watson

d)

Ivan Pavlov