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Increasing Motivation and Participation of Young Children

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1.  What are persistence, choice of challenge, amount of dependency on adults, and emotion indicators of?
  1. Arousal level
  2. Skill level
  3. Motivational level
  4. Maternal education level
2.  Which of the following describes when a reward must be provided by someone else and has to be continually given for a child to remain motivated enough to continue the activity?
  1. Extrinsic motivation
  2. Intrinsic motivation
  3. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  4. None of the above
3.  Which of the following describes when a child makes his own choice and achieves satisfaction from both the act of choosing a toy and from the opportunity to play with the toy?
  1. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  2. A temper tantrum
  3. Extrinsic motivation
  4. Intrinsic motivation
4.  Which of the following illustrates intrinsic motivation?
  1. An adult chooses clothes for the child to wear.
  2. An adult chooses all the activities for a child without giving the child a range of options.
  3. An adult provides a reward for performing an activity or displaying a desired behavior.
  4. A child chooses a purple shirt and green shorts and wears it for the entire day.
5.  Which of the following is a strategy to enhance motivation?
  1. Give the child strict time limits for doing an activity
  2. Provide few opportunities for the child and the adult to interact directly
  3. Give the child an acceptable challenge
  4. Provide excessive rewards
6.  Allowing the child sufficient time when working allows for which of the following to develop?
  1. Persistence
  2. Completion
  3. Breaks
  4. Mistakes
7.  Praise is a form of positive reinforcement that combines which of the following?
  1. Attention with a tangible reward
  2. Attention with a positive verbal statement
  3. A tangible reward with a positive verbal statement
  4. None of the above
8.  What is the ratio of behavior specific praise and non-specific praise recommended for effective praise?
  1. 2:1
  2. 3:1
  3. 4:1
  4. 5:1
9.  What does meaningful participation have a positive influence on?
  1. Health and quality of life
  2. Health and grades
  3. Friends and well-being
  4. Health and well-being
10.  What are the two types of participation discussed?
  1. Large group and small group
  2. Individual and group
  3. Required and non-required
  4. Formal and informal

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