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EXSS 181 Study Exam Questions And
Answers 2025 Update.
In a general psychological sense, motivation can be defined as?
a. the intensity of one's effort
b. the direction of one's effort
c. the intensity and direction of one's effort
d. the direction and emotion associated with one's effort - Answer✔the intensity and direction
of one's effort
As discussed in the textbook, which is most widely endorsed view of motivation taken by sport
& exercise psychologist?
a. interactional/interactionist
b. individual
c. trait-centered
d. situational - Answer✔interactional
Attribution Theory
a. how individuals explain their personal attributes
b. how groups explain their personality attributes
c. how individuals explain success and failures
d. how individuals explain their personal biases - Answer✔how individuals explain success and
failures
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What is the least adaptive that will result in the worst combination of goal orientations when
they have low skill and low percived competence?
a. low ego/outcome, low task
b. low ego/outcome, high task
c. high ego/outcome, low task
d. high ego/outcome, high task - Answer✔high ego/outcome, low task
You want to help some players increase motivation for soccer. Which is NOT 5 guidelines a
professional practice would guide efforts?
a. consider both situations and traits motivating people
b. use behavior modification to change undesirable participant
c. always keep the environment the same
d. understand peoples motives for involvement - Answer✔always keep the environment the
same
Arousal is
a. direction of motivation at all times
b. frequency of motivated behavior
c. interaction of cognition and emotions
d. intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment - Answer✔intensity dimensions of
motivation at a particular moment
A low trait anxious athlete would perceive competition as
a. more threading and more anxiety producing
b. more threatenting and less anxiety producing
c. less threatening and more aniexty producing
d. less threatening and less anxiety producing - Answer✔less threatening and less anxiety
producing
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EXSS 181 Study Exam Questions And
Answers 2025 Update.
In a general psychological sense, motivation can be defined as?
a. the intensity of one's effort
b. the direction of one's effort
c. the intensity and direction of one's effort
d. the direction and emotion associated with one's effort - Answer✔the intensity and direction
of one's effort
As discussed in the textbook, which is most widely endorsed view of motivation taken by sport
& exercise psychologist?
a. interactional/interactionist
b. individual
c. trait-centered
d. situational - Answer✔interactional
Attribution Theory
a. how individuals explain their personal attributes
b. how groups explain their personality attributes
c. how individuals explain success and failures
d. how individuals explain their personal biases - Answer✔how individuals explain success and
failures
1
, ©THEBRIGHT 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:11PM.
What is the least adaptive that will result in the worst combination of goal orientations when
they have low skill and low percived competence?
a. low ego/outcome, low task
b. low ego/outcome, high task
c. high ego/outcome, low task
d. high ego/outcome, high task - Answer✔high ego/outcome, low task
You want to help some players increase motivation for soccer. Which is NOT 5 guidelines a
professional practice would guide efforts?
a. consider both situations and traits motivating people
b. use behavior modification to change undesirable participant
c. always keep the environment the same
d. understand peoples motives for involvement - Answer✔always keep the environment the
same
Arousal is
a. direction of motivation at all times
b. frequency of motivated behavior
c. interaction of cognition and emotions
d. intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment - Answer✔intensity dimensions of
motivation at a particular moment
A low trait anxious athlete would perceive competition as
a. more threading and more anxiety producing
b. more threatenting and less anxiety producing
c. less threatening and more aniexty producing
d. less threatening and less anxiety producing - Answer✔less threatening and less anxiety
producing
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