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EXSS 181 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version 2024 | Verified 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 direction and emotion associated with one's effort D. the direction...

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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 direction and emotion associated with one's effort

D. the direction and intensity of one's effort - ✔✔D



In terms of motivational approaches, the "trait-centered view" focused on ___________ whereas the
"situation-centered view" takes primary focus on __________. The most widely accepted approach,
though, is the __________ view, which incorporates the previous two approaches.

A. the environment/situation, individual characteristics, mixed

B. individual characteristics, the environment/situation, mixed

C. individual characteristics, the environment/situation, interactional

D. biological characteristics, life changes, interactional - ✔✔C



Attribution theory focuses on

A. how individuals explain their personal attributes

B. how groups explain their personality attributes

C. how individuals explain their success and failure

D. how individuals explain their personal biases - ✔✔C



According to Achievement Goal Theory, individuals can adopt certain outcome goal orientations. The
orientation towards skill development or improvement is labeled as ______.

A. task/mastery

B. ego/outcome

C. task/ego

, D. mastery/outcome - ✔✔A



For an athlete unlikely to socially compare well (i.e., lose) in an upcoming competition, which would be
the WORST combination of goal orientations for their future motivation and self-perceptions following
the contest?

A. low task/mastery / low ego/outcome

B. high task/mastery / low ego/outcome

C. low task/mastery / high ego/outcome

D. high task/mastery / high ego/outcome - ✔✔C



Your textbook refers to arousal as the

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 - ✔✔D



A low trait-anxious athlete (compared to a high trait-anxious athlete) would perceive competition as

A. less threatening and less anxiety producing

B. less threatening and more anxiety producing

C. more threatening and more anxiety producing

D. more threatening and less anxiety producing - ✔✔A



________ concerns the degree to which one worries or has negative thoughts.

A. trait anxiety

B. cognitive state anxiety

C. social physique anxiety

D. somatic state anxiety

E. debilitative anxiety - ✔✔B

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