2013, Question 1 · 7 points
Pizza coupons as a reading incentive
Use research and motivation ideas to argue against a plan that rewards students for reading, explain how a reward schedule could make the plan work better, and show how four ideas about belief, persuasion and memory could shape a reader's response to it.
This exam had two free-response questions to answer in 50 minutes, together worth one third of the total score, and the directions asked for a reasoned answer using psychological terms rather than a list of facts. The current exam has 2 free-response questions in 70 minutes. The skills these questions practice still count.
Not in the current course. Part A asks about the overjustification effect, which the current course does not name; it covers intrinsic and extrinsic motivation instead.
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