Ch 12 Motivation in Learning and Teaching

Question 1

instinct theory

Answer 1

act in ways bc of instinctual patterns of behaviour

• born with
• complex
• species-specific

Question 2

imprinting

Answer 2

emerge after exposure to a suitable stimulus during critical period

• not present at birth

Question 3

attachment

Answer 3

emotional bond; characterized by tendency to seek/maintain closeness

• humans: ~6 months

Question 4

attachment system

Answer 4

both form attachments (infant and caregiver)

Question 5

object relations theory

Answer 5

infants’ experience in relationship w/caregiver = primary determinant of personality formation

Question 6

need-drive theory

Answer 6

states of need -> state of unpleasantness -> drive to reduce need

Question 7

yerke-dodson law

Answer 7

• optimal level of arousal for every activity there is

- act to maintain this level

Question 8

cognitive evaluation theory

Answer 8

suggests events affect motivation through individual’s perception of events as controlling behaviour/providing info

Question 9

goal orientations

Answer 9

patterns of beliefs about goals related to achievement in school

Question 10

mastery goal

Answer 10

personal intention to improve abilities/learn (no matter how performance suffers)

Question 11

performance goal

Answer 11

personal intention to seem competent/perform well in eyes of others