What is called the tendency of self-love?

• Self-centered tendency

• Egoistic tendency

• Tendency of Narcissism

• Tendency of Hypnotism

Which of the following characteristic is not true in reference to intrinsically motivated children?

• They like challenging tasks

• They are always successful

• They feel joy during the work

• They express high level energy in difficult tasks

The Principle of 'trial and error' is propounded by

• Thorndike

• Mc Dougall

• Kohler

• Pavlov

Which of the following is the first step in the process of conditioning?

• Stimulus

• Frequency

• Generalization

• None of these

______ word is also often used for motivation.

• Emotion

• Need

• Feeling

• Perception

A teacher is appointed in a remote village, where villagers are uneducated, school building and drinking water facility are also not available.
The biggest hindrance to work in the village is

• lack of school building

• uneducated parents

• lack of motivation to solve problems

• lack of drinking water facility

For maximum reinforcement effect, a given reward should

• be applied immediately upon the response

• be applied immediately preceding the response

• be applied simultaneously with the response

• follow the response only after a substantial delay

A teacher wants to ensure that her students are motivated intrinsically. She would

• specify uniform standards of achievement for all children

• plan learning activities which encourage convergent thinking

• focus on the processes of learning of individual children rather than on the final outcome

• offer tangible rewards

Of the following statements, which one do you agree with?

• Learning is completely governed by external stimuli

• Learning takes place in a socio-cultural context

• Learning cannot take place unless it is assessed externally in terms of marks

• Learning has taken place only if it is evident in behavior

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A certificate is given to children when they read a specific number of books. In the long run this strategy might not work since

• this might lead to children reading only for getting the certificates

• the library would need to buy a lot of books

• a large number of certificates would have to be given when more children start reading

• reading books would distract children from completing their homework