Various Attributions May Have Different Motivational Consequences

question 16

Multiple Choice

Various attributions may have different motivational consequences. Attributing course performance to fixed intelligence would lead one to

• A) feel less motivated after poor performance.
• B) feel more motivated after poor performance.
• C) be in conflict about future performance expectations.
• D) Such an attribution would not affect subsequent motivation.

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Definitions:

Normal Time

The average time that should be taken to complete a task or process under normal working conditions.

Standard Time

The established time allowed for the completion of a specific job, based on measurements and assessments of work processes.

Variable Allowance

In budgeting and cost accounting, it refers to an amount set aside that can change based on the performance or needs of a business.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, used in statistics to quantify the spread of a distribution around the mean.