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Increasing Motivation and Participation of Young Children for Home Visitors

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1.  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 best describes which of the following?
  1. Extrinsic motivation
  2. Intrinsic motivation
  3. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  4. Developmental delay
2.  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 best describes which of the following?
  1. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  2. A temper tantrum
  3. Extrinsic motivation
  4. Intrinsic motivation
3.  Which of the following is NOT a strategy to enhance motivation?
  1. Provide a developmentally appropriate environment
  2. Allow the child sufficient time when working to allow for persistence
  3. Provide excessive rewards
  4. Provide many opportunities for the child and the adult to explore together and interact directly
4.  Which of the following is an advantage of using praise?
  1. It increases academic success
  2. It builds self-esteem
  3. It negatively reinforces behavior
  4. It leads to better communication skills
5.  Which of the following is needed for meaningful participation?
  1. Feeling of choice or control over the activity
  2. Supportive environment to facilitate attention to the activity
  3. Sense of challenge from the activity
  4. All of the above

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