Author Question: A coach wants to motivate his soccer team to score more often by using a reward system. Based on ... (Read 55 times)

CharlieWard · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

A coach wants to motivate his soccer team to score more often by using a reward system. Based on what you read about preserving intrinsic motivation, how is it best for him to reward his team?

a. task-contingent rewards
b. performance-contingent rewards
c. negative reinforcement
d. verbally (that is, yelling at them for poor performance, praising them for a good job)

Question 2

According to research mentioned in this chapter, after observing the amount of time elementary students spent playing new math games, researchers provided rewards to children for playing with the games. After the rewards were removed,

a. children's intrinsic interest in the math games increased.
b. the time children spent playing the game remained the same.
c. although children reported less liking for the math games, they continued to play with them.
d. children's intrinsic interest in the math games decreased.