Identify the incorrect statement(s) regarding prominent theories and sources of motivation.
Consider the components of the Motivation Cycle and types of motivation.
Which of the following statements regarding the concept and characteristics of motivation are correct?
Match the prominent psychologists with their contributions to the understanding of motivation.
Abraham Maslow | Focused on observable aspects of motivation, stating it involves arousing, persisting, sustaining, and directing desirable behavior. |
B.F. Skinner | Emphasized self-efficacy as a central driver of motivation within his social cognitive theory. |
Albert Bandura | Proposed that individuals are motivated to fulfill a hierarchy of needs, ranging from survival to self-actualization. |
J.P. Guilford | Defined motivation as 'any particular internal factor of condition that tends to initiate and sustain activity'. |
Robert Gagne's hierarchy of learning consists of:
(i) symbolic learning
(ii) Stimulus-response learning
(iii) Combinatorial learning
(iv) Social Constructivist learning
(v) Verbal association
(vi) Discrimination learning
The developmental picture including conceptualizing and classifying objects, organizing parts into larger wholes, seriation, understanding hierarchical arrangments, shifting from inductive to deductive mode of thinking, to be able to generalize and to deduce from simple experiences belongs to Piaget's :
Match the following :
1 | Enactive | A | Learning through images and visual representations |
2 | Iconic | B | Learning through language and abstract symbols. |
3 | Symbolic | C | Learning through actions and concrete experiences |
Match the following:
(i) Theory of social cognitive constructivism - (a) Abraham Maslow
(ii) Psychoanalytic theory - (b) Sigmund Freud
(iii) Self actualisation theory - (c) Vygotsky
A student has the following characteristics:
(i) Enjoys reading books and writing essays.
(ii) Easily solves complex problems.
(iii) Easily establishes good relationship with others.
(iv) Have excellent self awareness.
Select the option which indicate the multiple intelligences that the students has.
Match List - I with List-II and select the correct option:
Theory of identical elements | Thorndike |
Theory of generalisation | W.C. Bagley |
Theory of Ideals | Charles Judd |