WorksheetsTopic 9 and 10
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the main difference between behaviorist and humanistic approaches to motivation?
Behaviorists focus on internal growth; humanists focus on external control.
Behaviorists emphasize external control; humanists emphasize internal growth.
Behaviorists ignore motivation; humanists focus on rewards.
Behaviorists believe in intrinsic motivation; humanists believe in extrinsic motivation.
Which of the following is an example of poor goal setting?
Setting goals that are too easy.
Setting specific and measurable goals.
Setting challenging but achievable goals.
Setting time-bound goals.
Which of the following increases intrinsic motivation?
When a person feels choice or control over their actions.
When a person is rewarded for their performance.
When a person is pressured to complete a task.
When a person is given strict guidelines to follow.
What happens when challenges are too high compared to skills?
Anxiety increases and flow decreases.
Motivation increases and performance improves.
Confidence remains stable and focus is enhanced.
Creativity flourishes and stress levels drop.
What is resilience?
The ability to recover and adapt positively despite challenges.
The capacity to avoid stress and challenges altogether.
The tendency to give up when faced with difficulties.
The ability to remain unchanged in the face of adversity.
What are students’ five psychosocial needs in learning?
To feel safe, accepted, competent, autonomous, and to grow.
To feel bored, rejected, incompetent, dependent, and to stagnate.
To feel anxious, isolated, confused, controlled, and to regress.
To feel overwhelmed, ignored, unskilled, submissive, and to fail.
According to humanistic theories, learners are:
Naturally inclined to learn and grow when needs are met.
Only motivated by external rewards and punishments.
Uninterested in personal growth and development.
Dependent on strict guidelines and instructions.
What is motivation?
The external factors that influence behavior.
The internal process that initiates, guides, and sustains goal-directed behavior.
A temporary feeling that drives actions.
A method of controlling others' actions.
What should you do when feeling stress during a task?
Take a short break.
Continue working without pause.
Ignore the stress and push through.
Ask someone else to do it for you.
When does flow occur?
When skills and challenges are balanced and moderate.
When skills are high and challenges are low.
When challenges are overwhelming and skills are low.
When there is no challenge and skills are irrelevant.
What is the term for being completely absorbed in an activity and losing track of time?
Flow
Focus
Distraction
Boredom
What is extrinsic motivation?
Doing something to earn a reward or avoid punishment.
Doing something for personal satisfaction and enjoyment.
Doing something because it is a social norm.
Doing something to impress others.
What influences competence motivation?
Beliefs about ability and causes of success.
External rewards and punishments.
Peer pressure and social expectations.
Random chance and luck.
According to behaviorist theory, motivation can be increased by:
Managing behavior through rewards and consequences.
Increasing intrinsic motivation through personal goals.
Enhancing cognitive dissonance to drive behavior change.
Providing social support and encouragement.
Which statement best explains the role of motivation?
Motivation explains why people act the way they do.
Motivation is solely based on financial incentives.
Motivation has no impact on behavior.
Motivation is only important in competitive environments.
Why should goals have deadlines?
To ensure that effort is directed in a timely manner.
To make the goals more challenging.
To allow for more flexibility in planning.
To reduce the importance of the goals.
How can resilience be developed?
Through supportive relationships and positive self-beliefs.
By avoiding challenges and staying in comfort zones.
Through constant criticism and negative feedback.
By isolating oneself from others and their opinions.
What happens when a student believes a task is important but impossible to achieve?
Motivation decreases.
Motivation increases.
Confidence remains unchanged.
Interest in the task grows.
How does self-efficacy affect motivation?
Higher self-efficacy leads to greater effort and persistence.
Self-efficacy has no impact on motivation.
Lower self-efficacy results in increased motivation.
Self-efficacy only affects academic performance.
According to Maslow, are esteem needs still important after basic needs are met?
No, they are not important.
Yes, they are still important.
Only if one is successful.
They become less important.
