Week 2 Quiz - Achievement Motivation
Question 1
Participant motivation is usually the result of
Question options:
personal factors
situational factors
a combination of personal and situational factors
the history of success or failure
Question 2
An effective technique to use to change undesirable motives of a
participant is
Question options:
behavior modification
cognitive intervention
rational emotive therapy
cognitive restructuring
Question 3
Which of the following statements is (are) true?
Question options:
Mastery or task goals should be used more often than outcome goals.
Feedback to athletes should emphasize attributing their success to high ability and high effort.
Lack of ability, rather than lack of effort, should be emphasized after a failure.
a and b
Question 4
Gill and Williams (2008) state that there are four key areas to understand
when targeting athlete's motivation for success:
Question options:
being with friends, effort to pursue goals, competition, and persistence in the face
of failure and adversity
being with friends, learning, competition, and persistence in the face of failure and
and adversity
, choice of activity, effort to pursue goals, intensity of effort in the pursuit of goals,
and persistence in the face of failure and adversity.
social interaction, effort to pursue goals, competition, and persistence in the face of
failure and adversity
Question 5
"A disposition to strive for satisfaction when making comparisons with
some standard of excellence in the presence of evaluative others" is the
definition of which of the following?
Question options:
achievement motivation
competitiveness
self-esteem
self-confidence
Question 6
The interactional view of motivation claims that motivation is an
interaction of which two factors?
Question options:
trait and situation
goals and coach's style
personality and goals
personality and needs
Question 7
Which is the most widely endorsed view of motivation taken by sports
psychologists?
Question options:
trait-centered
situational
interactional
individual
Question 8
Question 1
Participant motivation is usually the result of
Question options:
personal factors
situational factors
a combination of personal and situational factors
the history of success or failure
Question 2
An effective technique to use to change undesirable motives of a
participant is
Question options:
behavior modification
cognitive intervention
rational emotive therapy
cognitive restructuring
Question 3
Which of the following statements is (are) true?
Question options:
Mastery or task goals should be used more often than outcome goals.
Feedback to athletes should emphasize attributing their success to high ability and high effort.
Lack of ability, rather than lack of effort, should be emphasized after a failure.
a and b
Question 4
Gill and Williams (2008) state that there are four key areas to understand
when targeting athlete's motivation for success:
Question options:
being with friends, effort to pursue goals, competition, and persistence in the face
of failure and adversity
being with friends, learning, competition, and persistence in the face of failure and
and adversity
, choice of activity, effort to pursue goals, intensity of effort in the pursuit of goals,
and persistence in the face of failure and adversity.
social interaction, effort to pursue goals, competition, and persistence in the face of
failure and adversity
Question 5
"A disposition to strive for satisfaction when making comparisons with
some standard of excellence in the presence of evaluative others" is the
definition of which of the following?
Question options:
achievement motivation
competitiveness
self-esteem
self-confidence
Question 6
The interactional view of motivation claims that motivation is an
interaction of which two factors?
Question options:
trait and situation
goals and coach's style
personality and goals
personality and needs
Question 7
Which is the most widely endorsed view of motivation taken by sports
psychologists?
Question options:
trait-centered
situational
interactional
individual
Question 8
