Deck 4: Natural Reward-Focused Strategies: Scenic Views, sunshine, and the Joys of Traveling

Question 1

An adult who dreams of being their own boss and independently wealthy is driven by feelings of:

A)self-control
B)competence
C)purpose
D)stress

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is the best way to achieve more effective self-leadership?

A)Focusing on natural rewards
B)Using self-applied rewards that are separable from the task
C)Focusing on natural rewards and using self-applied rewards that are separable from the task
D)Neither focuses on natural rewards or on self-applied rewards

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The two primary features that can be identified as being descriptive of naturally rewarding activities are:

A)feelings of competence and feelings of self-control
B)feelings of competence and feelings of purpose
C)feelings of self-control and feelings of purpose
D)feelings of purpose and feelings of exhaustion

Answer 3

A

Question 4

If we enjoy tasks that we perform well,we are experience feelings of?

A)Self-control
B)Competence
C)Purpose
D)Stress

Question 5

One aspect of naturally rewarding activities that provides a sense of purpose involves helping others or expressing goodwill toward others-what is this called?

A)Altruism
B)Sportsmanship
C)Purpose
D)Citizenship

Question 6

Work organizations most often use which of the following types of rewards?

A)Externally administered
B)Self-administered
C)Naturally rewarding
D)Externally administered and intrinsic rewards

Question 7

The combination of what often results in a pattern of our behavior?

A)feelings of competence and feelings of purpose
B)feelings of competence and feelings of self-control
C)feelings of self-control and purpose
D)feelings of self-control,purpose,and competence

Question 8

Which of the following are examples of externally administered rewards?

A)Promotion,bonus,and reading newspaper
B)Award,time off,and fishing
C)Praise,pay raise,and time off
D)Self-talk

Question 9

Which of the following are ways in which individuals want to have feelings of self-control in their own life?

A)Where they will live
B)Where they will work
C)Whom they will marry
D)All of the above

Question 10

Activities that make us feel more competent are often tied to what type of rewards?

A)Intrinsic
B)External
C)Intrinsic and External
D)Neither Intrinsic nor External

Question 11

When incentives are built into the task itself,what types of rewards are at play for motivating an individual?

A)Natural
B)External
C)Physical
D)Monetary

Question 12

A type of reward that is often less recognized than other types of rewards is:

A)praise
B)external
C)natural
D)promotions

Question 13

The natural biological nature of humankind towards self-preservation is:

A)altruism
B)selfishness
C)self-awareness
D)survival

Question 14

Companies such as Target and Netflix are seeing the power of what type of reward,as they shift their focus?

A)External
B)Natural
C)External and Natural
D)External,Natural,Physical

Question 15

If an individual does not feel that an activity is worthy,it may impact feelings of:

A)competence and self-control
B)purpose and self-control
C)purpose
D)competence

Question 16

It is important for whom that we do what we want to do and like what we do?

A)Ourself
B)The company and coworkers
C)Coworkers and ourself
D)The company and ourself

Question 17

As employees fill their basic needs for competence and self-control,it can lead to:

A)increased task performance
B)increased extra-role behaviors
C)increased task performance and extra role behaviors
D)increased stress

Question 18

If Anna has done a good job and her supervisor praises the work that she had done,Anna has received what type of reward?

A)Intrinsic
B)External
C)Intrinsic and External
D)Self-reward

Question 19

If an Olympic skier enjoys the speed and motion of alpine skiing,what type of reward may training hold?

A)External
B)Time off
C)Intrinsic
D)Bonuses

Question 20

If an individual enjoys reading the newspaper and spends time doing it,the type of reward is?

A)Self-administered and extrinsic
B)Extrinsic and natural
C)Natural
D)Extrinsic

Question 21

Google has many different aspects in their work environment such as free breakfast,Lego play stations,and desks designed by TinkerToy materials that represents:

A)building more naturally enjoyable features into our life's activities
B)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally rewarding aspects of activities and self-goal setting
C)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally rewarding aspects of our activities
D)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally rewarding aspects of our activities and building more naturally enjoyable features into our life's activities

Question 22

Amazon has not focused on what type of natural rewards while creating their work environment that holds unreasonably high standards for employees?

A)Building more naturally enjoyable features into our life's activities
B)Intentionally focusing our thoughts towards naturally rewarding aspects
C)Constructive thought patterns
D)Behavior strategies focused on our world

Question 23

The type of reward that has received more attention in literature and the workplace are natural rewards.

Question 24

We can focus on the rewards we will receive and thus the image of our future with what type of natural reward strategy?

A)Competence strategy
B)Purpose strategy
C)Intentionally focusing our thoughts towards naturally rewarding aspects
D)Building more naturally enjoyable features into our life's activities

Question 25

Examples of externally administered rewards include praise,pay raises,time off,promotions,awards,bonuses,and more.

Question 26

It does not make any difference what pleasant features of our activities that we focus on.

Question 27

Compare and contrast the externally administered and natural (intrinsic)rewards.Which of these forms of rewards has received more attention? Can these rewards be used simultaneously?

Question 28

The types of thoughts that a runner has that involve focusing on naturally rewarding aspects of the activity are:

A)praise from others on physical condition and exhaustion
B)potentially longer life due to improved health and blisters
C)potentially longer life and praise from others on physical condition
D)heat,sweat,and sore muscles

Question 29

The choice to focus on the pleasant aspects of our work,rather than the unpleasant depends on:

A)freedom to choose work
B)freedom to choose thoughts
C)freedom to choose work and thoughts
D)freedom to choose boss

Question 30

If we focus on,talk about,and think about the parts of our job that we don't like,we are not:

A)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally unrewarding aspects of activities
B)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally rewarding aspects of activities
C)building more naturally enjoyable features into our life's activities
D)avoiding negative self-talk

Question 31

The two primary natural reward approaches are building natural rewards into our life's activities and focusing on the natural rewards in our activities.

Question 32

Explain the two main areas of naturally rewarding activities in which these activities make individuals feel more competent and feel self-controlling.What does each of these aspects add to the discussion on naturally rewarding activities that the other does not provide? Are there any underlying foundations that are counter to each other?

Question 33

How can individuals build more natural rewards into life's activities? What does that individual gain by employing this particular natural reward strategy? What are some strategies for implementing these rewards?

Question 34

The two primary features of naturally rewarding activities that have been studied create feelings of competence and feelings of purpose.

Question 35

By identifying aspects of our endeavors that we naturally enjoy and trying to increase these as much as reasonably possible is:

A)building more naturally enjoyable features into our life's activities
B)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally rewarding aspects of activities and self-goal setting
C)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally rewarding aspects of our activities
D)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally rewarding aspects of our activities and building more naturally enjoyable features into our life's activities

Question 36

If you are not able to identify naturally rewarding activities in your job,you:

A)are probably in the wrong job but tried to identify them
B)are probably in the right job but didn't try to identify them
C)are probably in the right job and tried to identify them
D)are probably in the wrong job and didn't try to identify them

Question 37

While much focus has been paid to feelings of competence and self-control,the other area of naturally rewarding activities involves feelings of purpose.Why do feelings of purpose matter so much in the natural rewards dimension of self-leadership? What are the benefits that arise when work has a purpose?

Question 38

The primary approach(es)to using natural rewards to enhance our self-leadership are:

A)building more naturally enjoyable features into our life's activities
B)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally rewarding aspects of activities and self-goal setting
C)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally rewarding aspects of our activities
D)intentionally focusing our thoughts on the naturally rewarding aspects of our activities and building more naturally enjoyable features into our life's activities

Question 39

The idea that even if a task makes us feel more competent and more self-controlling,we may still have a difficult naturally enjoying it if we don't see its worthiness is related to feelings of purpose.

Question 40

By holding a business meeting in a restaurant as opposed to a formal conference room,what approach to using natural rewards is present?

A)Building more naturally enjoyable features into our life's activities
B)Self-talk
C)Intentionally focusing on our thoughts towards naturally rewarding aspects
D)Goal setting

Question 41

How can focusing on natural rewards benefit individuals who are working in naturally unmotivating sections of work? How can individuals focus on what they do like about their work as opposed to what they do not like about the work? Are there differences between the type of pleasant feature that is focused on and if so why?