You Are Working with Ben, a 5-Year-Old Child Who Has

question 6

Multiple Choice

You are working with Ben, a 5-year-old child who has tremors in his hands, poor balance, and poor endurance and who leans forward while walking.He tells you he likes trucks.Which activity would you choose to work on increasing his endurance?

• A) Pick up heavy blocks.
• B) Read truck books.
• C) Push toy trucks around the clinic.
• D) Walk around the yard briskly.

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Definitions:

Identified Regulation

A type of motivation that occurs when an activity is valued and deemed important, thus accepted as personally significant.

Intrinsic Motivation

Involves being driven to engage in an activity for its own sake and the personal satisfaction it brings, rather than for some external reward.

Introjected Regulation

A form of internal motivation where individuals engage in a behavior not out of personal interest but because of internal pressures or obligations.

Amotivation

A lack of motivation or absence of intrinsic or extrinsic motivators to engage in an activity.