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crazycityslicker

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Mr. Lopez, a third-grade teacher, wants to enhance his students' intrinsic motivation to learn classroom subject matter. Three of the following strategies should accomplish this goal. Which one is not likely to enhance students' intrinsic motivation to learn?
 
  a. Mr. Lopez explains that using quiet, indoor voices during a cooperative learning activity can help students accomplish their goals for the activity.
  b. Mr. Lopez consistently shows students that he cares about their well-being and wants them to do well in his class.
  c. Mr. Lopez promises his students that they can have free time at the end of the day if they do well on their spelling tests.
  d. Mr. Lopez gives students the scaffolding they need in order to be successful at challenging tasks.

Question 2

Karin and her mother live on welfare in a poor, inner-city neighborhood in Detroit. Karin is quite bright and highly motivated, and she really wants to get a college education. However, she knows that, on average, students from low-income homes perform more poorly on the SAT tests than students from wealthier homes. When she takes the SAT, she is so nervous that she has trouble concentrating on the test items, and as a result her scores are lower than they should be. Which of the following concepts best explains what has happened to Karin?
 
  a. Hot cognition
  b. Stereotype threat
  c. Cognitive dissonance
  d. High motive to avoid failure



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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