Three of the Following Are True Statements About Intrinsic and Extrinsic

question 98

Multiple Choice

Three of the following are true statements about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Which one is false?

• A)High levels of intrinsic motivation during an activity can lead to flow.
• B)Extrinsic motivation can be effective when students won't otherwise engage in an activity.
• C)Students' intrinsic motivation to learn school subject matter tends to decrease as they get older.
• D)Students who have high intrinsic motivation must also have low extrinsic motivation.

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Definitions:

Absolute Thresholds

Absolute thresholds refer to the minimum intensity of a stimulus that is required for a person to detect its presence 50% of the time.

Sensory Adaptation

The process by which sensitivity to stimuli decreases over time as an organism adapts to current conditions.

Perceptual Preferences

Individual differences in the ways people prefer to take in, process, and interpret sensory information from the world around them.

Sensory Systems

The parts of the nervous system that detect changes in the environment and transmit this information to the brain.