Deck 3: Self-Confidence and Intrinsic Motivation

Question 1

Which of the following statements is consistent with Harter's Competence Motivation Theory?

A)Children do not have an innate desire to be competent in sport.
B)Children must develop a desire to succeed in sport.
C)Children have an innate motivation to be competent in sport.
D)Children and sport do not mix.

Answer 1

Children have an innate motivation to be competent in sport.

Question 2

Which of the following is not an example of a model of psychological momentum?

A)Antecedents-consequences model.
B)Attentional deficit model.
C)Multidimensional model.
D)Projected performance model.

Answer 2

Attentional deficit model.

Question 3

A theory of self-confidence based upon an athlete's feeling of personal competence.

A)Bandura's model.
B)Harter's competence motivation theory.
C)Martens's theory of achievement motivation.
D)Vealey's sport specific model of sport confidence.

Answer 3

Harter's competence motivation theory.

Question 4

The process by which an individual comes to see himself as competent is referred to as the

A)Perceived control process.
B)Cognitive restructuring process.
C)Internal monitoring process.
D)Reflective appraisal process.

Question 5

Participatory modeling is linked with which component of Bandura's model of self-efficacy?

A)Successful performance.
B)Vicarious experience.
C)Verbal persuasion.
D)Emotional arousal.

Question 6

Psychological momentum is most related to

A)Self-confidence.
B)Self-talk.
C)Cognitive restructuring.
D)Errors.

Question 7

Ways that competence motivation can be enhanced include

A)Increasing intrinsic motivation.
B)Playing experience.
C)Perceived control.
D)All of the above.

Question 8

An independent variable that determines the effect that a second independent variable has upon a dependent variable.

A)Mediating variable.
B)Moderating variable.
C)Oscillating variable.
D)Suppressor variable.

Question 9

For women,the very act of framing a task as being masculine in nature leads to a decrement in performance and confidence.

A)Gender framing.
B)Feminine misinformation.
C)Stereotype threat theory.
D)Masculinization.

Question 10

Which of the following is not a type of sport-confidence in Vealey's Multidimensional Model of Self-Confidence?

A)SC-Cognitive Efficiency.
B)SC-Self-Regulation Confidence.
C)SC-Physical Skills and Training.
D)SC-Resilience.

Question 11

Groups as well as individuals can exhibit high self-efficacy.This is referred to as

A)Reverse self-efficacy.
B)Global self-efficacy.
C)Gestalt self-efficacy.
D)Collective self-efficacy.

Question 12

The belief or degree of certainty individuals possess about their ability to be successful in sport.

A)Intrinsic motivation.
B)Sport confidence.
C)Self-efficacy.
D)Competence motivation.

Question 13

Which of the following models of psychological momentum argue against the notion of improved performance due to psychological momentum?

A)Projected performance Model.
B)Antecedents-Consequences Model.
C)Multidimensional Model.
D)None of the above.

Question 14

Competence motivation is measured utilizing the

A)Gould self-competence scale.
B)Masters and Johnson's efficacy scale.
C)Personal attributes questionnaire.
D)Harter's perceived competence scale.

Question 15

Which of the following is not part of Bandura's (1977)Theory of Self-Efficacy?

A)Successful performance.
B)Attributional training.
C)Vicarious experience.
D)Emotional arousal.

Question 16

The most critical aspect of Bandura's Theory of Self-Efficacy is the notion of

A)Successful performance.
B)Vicarious experience.
C)Verbal persuasion.
D)Emotional arousal.

Question 17

The reflected appraisal process,by which competence motivation is developed and maintained,is a function of

A)Actual appraisal of others.
B)One's own appraisal of self.
C)One's perception of how others appraise them.
D)All of the above.

Question 18

Which of the following is not a component part of Vealey's multidimensional model of sport confidence?

A)Emotional arousal.
B)Sources of sport-confidence.
C)Types of sport-confidence.
D)Affect,behavior,and cognition.

Question 19

Which of the following is not an example of situation specific self-confidence?

A)The trait of feeling confident in one's self.
B)Bandura's self-efficacy.
C)Nicholls' perceived ability.
D)Sport confidence.

Question 20

Lenny (1977)argued that women and girls suffer from reduced levels of self-confidence when one or more of three situational variables are present.Which of the following is not one of those situational variables?

A)Nature of the task.
B)Games involving chance.
C)Ambiguity of available information.
D)Social comparison cues.

Question 21

Which of the following is an example of a social factor that may lead to or detract from perceived competence and self-determination?

A)Success/failure.
B)Competition/Cooperation.
C)Coaches behavior.
D)All of the above.

Question 22

Unifying psychological concept that brings meaning to the overall concept of motivation.

A)Self-confidence.
B)Self-efficacy.
C)Self-determination.
D)Attentional focus.

Question 23

Competence without autonomy gives rise to

A)Dictatorship.
B)The efficacious pawn.
C)Theatrics.
D)Learned helplessness.

Question 24

To the extent that social factors do not allow for the satisfaction of basic psychological needs,they will result in diminished motivation,impaired psychological development,alienation,and perhaps poor performance.

A)Self-determination theory.
B)Theory of self-efficacy.
C)Competence motivation theory.
D)Reversal theory.

Question 25

Which of the following is not a basic psychological need that mediates the relationship between social factors and motivation?

A)Competence.
B)Fortitude.
C)Autonomy.
D)Relatedness.

Question 26

A variable that determines how a previous variable affects a subsequent dependent variable.

A)Mediating variable.
B)Moderating variable.
C)Oscillating variable.
D)Suppressor variable.

Question 27

What are the substantive differences between the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS)and the Sport Motivation Scale-6 (SMS-6).

A)The SMS allows for the calculation of a relative autonomy index (RAI).
B)The SMS-6 includes an integrated regulation scale and a single intrinsic motivation scale.
C)The SMS-6 does not measure external motivation.
D)The SMS does not measure amotivation.

Question 28

Which is not a synonym for autonomy?

A)Choice.
B)Self-determination.
C)Reinforcement.
D)Agency.

Question 29

Which form of motivation is associated with the greatest degree of self-determination?

A)Amotivation.
B)Extrinsic motivation.
C)Intrinsic motivation.
D)Reverse motivation.

Question 30

The most self-determined form of extrinsic motivation.

A)Integrated regulation.
B)External regulation.
C)Introjected regulation.
D)Identified regulation.

Question 31

In addition to the SMS and the SMS-6,what other recently developed inventory also measures self-determined motivation?

A)Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire.
B)Sport Motivation Scale-8.
C)Self-determined motivation scale.
D)None of the above.

Question 32

Which of the following is not related to the other three?

A)Cognitive evaluation theory.
B)Theory of self-determinism.
C)Integrated theory of motivation.
D)Self-actualization theory.

Question 33

The notion that motivation can be increased by offering athletes external rewards for their efforts is based upon which of the following?

A)Goal setting theory.
B)Additive principle.
C)Multiplicative principle.
D)Cognitive evaluation theory.

Question 34

_________________ is autonomous in nature and leads the person to choose to engage in an activity that they like.

A)Absence of passion.
B)Amotivation.
C)Obsessive passion.
D)Harmonious passionl

Question 35

The notion that motivation lies on a continuum from no autonomy to complete autonomy or agency.

A)Motivation continuum.
B)Social facilitation continuum.
C)Self-efficacy continuum.
D)Self-determination continuum.

Question 36

The most self-determined form of motivation.

A)Amotivation.
B)Extrinsic motivation.
C)Intrinsic motivation.
D)External motivation.

Question 37

The least self-determined form of extrinsic motivation.

A)Identified regulation.
B)Integrated regulation.
C)External regulation.
D)Introjected regulation.

Question 38

Cognitive evaluation theory is a/an ______________ to/of the integrated theory of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

A)Competing alternative.
B)Replacement.
C)Add on.
D)Subtheory.

Question 39

In the integrated theory of motivation in sport,what mediates the relationship between social factors and motivation?

A)Competence.
B)Autonomy.
C)Relatedness.
D)All of the above.

Question 40

Basic need to relate to other people,to care for others and for others to care for you.

A)Relatedness.
B)Autonomy.
C)Social facilitation.
D)Social cohesion.

Question 41

When an athlete comes to perceive that their behavior is controlled by external forces,they respond with decreased levels of intrinsic motivation.

A)Informational aspect of cognitive evaluation theory.
B)Locus of control aspect of cognitive evaluation theory.
C)Additive aspect of cognitive evaluation theory.
D)Controlling aspect of cognitive evaluation theory.

Question 42

The notion that the interaction between intrinsic and extrinsic rewards could either increase or decrease intrinsic motivation is predicted by

A)Cognitive evaluation theory.
B)Additive principle.
C)Multiplicative principle.
D)a and c above.

Question 43

Adding external rewards to an otherwise interesting activity may represent an/a ___________,and cause an individual to ____________ the intrinsic value of the interesting activity.

A)Over-simplification,enhance.
B)Over-justification,enhance.
C)Over-justification,discount.
D)Under-justification,discount.

Question 44

An athlete receives an external reward for her efforts and believes that the reward provides her with information about her competence.

A)Informational aspect of cognitive evaluation theory.
B)Locus of control aspect of cognitive evaluation theory.
C)Additive aspect of cognitive evaluation theory.
D)Controlling aspect of cognitive evaluation theory.