- Which of the following is NOT true of adolescents and achievement?
- Adolescence is a critical juncture in achievement.
- As demands on adolescents intensify, different areas of their lives may come into conflict.
- C. achievement is primarily due to their intellectual abilities.
- New academic and social pressures force adolescents toward different roles.
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APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Goal: 1
- Liam does not have as high an IQ as his twin brother, but Liam persists at his tasks and has confidence that he will be able to solve life’s problems. According to research, we can predict
- will not be as successful as his intellectually brighter twin.
- B. Liam may be quite a high achiever because he has adaptive motivational patterns.
- Liam will probably give up easily and thus end up being a low achiever.
- None of these choices are correct.
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APA: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Goal: 1
- Self-determination, curiosity, challenge, and effort are all _____ in adolescents’ motivation.
- extrinsic factors
- cognitive factors
- C. intrinsic factors
- incentives
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APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Basic
Learning Goal: 1
- Rewards and punishments are _____ in adolescents’ motivation.
- A. extrinsic factors
- cognitive factors
- intrinsic factors
- control tools
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APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Basic
Learning Goal: 1
- Which psychological approaches stress the importance of intrinsic motivation in achievement?
- behavioral approaches
- B. humanistic approaches
- psychoanalytical approaches
- existential approaches
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APA: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Goal: 1
- Rod’s science teacher has a list of objectives that must be met for the year but they can be met by completing many different types of assignments. The teacher allows the students to select the projects that interest them, and the students set their own goals and make their own plans to reach them. According to research, Rod is likely to
- A. have higher achievement gains in science.
- pick the easiest assignments even if some of the more difficult ones interest him more.
- do a poor job on his assignments because he picked them rather than the teacher.
- None of these choices are correct.
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APA: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Goal: 1
- Encouraging self-determination through personal choice in the classroom has been shown to be related to all of the following EXCEPT
- Intrinsic motivation.
- Exercise
- Engagement in academic activities.
- D. Connection to parents and peers.
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APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Goal: 1
- Which of the following statements regarding interest is TRUE?
- A. Interest is more specific than intrinsic motivation.
- Situational interest is relatively stable.
- Interest is linked to surface learning.
- All of these choices are correct.
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APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analyze
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Goal: 1
- Professor Daube teaches Theories of Personality. He has his students analyze the song lyrics of famous songwriters, past and present, and see if they can determine the writers’ specific personality traits based on their writings. According to research, Professor Daube’s students should _____ than students who are taught Theories of Personality by lectures only.
- A. be more cognitively engaged with their learning
- learn less
- be less motivated
- None of these choices are correct
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APA: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Apply
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Goal: 1
- Which of the following statements regarding intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is TRUE?
- Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are at work in the real world of students’ lives.
- Parents and teachers should encourage students to become intrinsically motivated.
- Extrinsic motivation by itself is not a good strategy.
- D. All of these choices are correct.
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APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analyze
Difficulty: Difficult
Learning Goal: 1
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