What Does Prosocial Motivation Refer To

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Multiple Choice

What does prosocial motivation refer to?

• A)The desire to expend effort to benefit one's co-workers
• B)The desire to expend effort to benefit other people
• C)The desire to expend effort to benefit the organization
• D)The desire to expend effort to improve one's performance
• E)The desire to expend effort to improve group effectiveness

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Definitions:

Cueing Devices

Tools or signals used to prompt or guide a desired response or behavior.

Self-Monitoring

A self-management technique where individuals observe and record their own behaviors, thoughts, or emotions as a means to improve self-awareness or modify behavior.

Locus of Control

A psychological concept referring to an individual’s belief about the extent to which outcomes of their actions are under their own control versus external forces.

Self-Management

A term that generally refers to the range of activities, both overt and covert, in which students may engage that increase or decrease the probability of appropriate behaviors occurring. Self-management is a more encompassing term than self-control in that it avoids the designation of locus of control. It encompasses techniques considered to be both internal (i.e., self-control) and external (i.e., environmental).