Goal Setting
What does the "M" in SMART goals (Smith, 1994) stand for?
Measureable
Which of the following is NOT a factor determining the perceived value of the task according to the Expectancy-Value Theory?
A) Importance
B) Intrinsic interest
C) Utility
D) Attainment
A) Importance
Which of the following is NOT one of the top six factors that impede college students’ academic performance?
A) Sleep difficulties
B) Anxiety
C) Testing
D) Burnouts
C) Testing
What are the two variables in the Eisenhower Matrix?
A) Value - Complexity
B) Effort - Importance
C) Urgency - Importance
D) Complexity - Reward
C) Urgency - Importance
Which of the following is NOT one of the three goal properties that influence goals and motivation?
A) Difficulty
B) Proximity
C) Popularity
D) Specificity
C) Popularity
Which of the following is NOT a sociocultural factor that influences motivation?
A) Self-efficacy
B) Peer influence
C) Cultural expectations
D) Low access to computers
A) Self-efficacy
Which of the following is NOT a common sign or symptom of depression?
A) Losing interest in the activities you used to enjoy
B) Having trouble concentrating and making decisions
C) Experiencing a loss of energy
D) Having a persistent high fever
D) Having a persistent high fever
Which human brain lobes interpret and remember auditory information?
A) Frontal lobes
B) Parietal lobes
C) Occipital lobes
D) Temporal lobes
D) Temporal lobes
According to Smith (1994), which of the following is the foundation of effective goal setting?
A) Daily tasks
B) Governing values
C) Intermediate goals
D) Long-range goals
B) Governing values
Which form of praise is most likely to foster a fixed mindset?
A) You made progress.
B) That practice helped a lot.
C) You are so talented.
D) You handled that challenge well.
C) You are so talented.
Which of the following is a core component of the "Cognitive Triangle"?
A) Attention - Behavior - Emotion
B) Motivation - Attention - Effort
C) Thought - Behavior - Emotion
D) Thought - Attention - Effort
C) Thought - Behavior - Emotion
In cognitive psychology, [ ] explains human learning as the cognitive structure through which information flows is controlled and is transformed during the process of learning.
Information Processing Theory, Information Processing System
This is Anna's goal: Earn a Ph.D. in Linguistics by age 27. Which reason best explains why this may not be an effective goal?
A) It is not challenging
B) It is not action-oriented
C) It is not controllable
D) It is not time-bounded
B) It is not action-oriented
According to Weiner (1986, 2018), what is the most important factor determining how students approach a particular task in the future and how long they will persist at it?
A) Self-efficacy
B) Growth mindset
C) Attribution
D) Goal setting
C) Attribution
Jessica received an A on the midterm paper, but she can’t believe some of the negative comments the instructor gave her. She wonders if the instructor really believes that she is a capable writer. This is an example of:
A) Overgeneralization
B) Personalization
C) Magnifying
D) Filtering
D) Filtering
A week after a guest lecture, Charlie can’t recall the three specific time management tips the speaker listed and showed. Which of the seven sins of memory illustrates this scenario?
A) Blocking
B) Transience
C) Persistence
D) Suggestibility
B) Transience
When new information is linked to prior knowledge before being stored, the student is improving [this stage of processing] rather than merely repeating information.
What is [this]?
Encoding