Free Response Question
You should have a written answer for each part of the question. Your answers should define each term AND
explain how the term would apply to the scenario presented
Sarah is a high school senior in a creative writing class. She enjoys writing and hopes to go to college to
become a writer in the future. She has been assigned a 10 page historical fiction essay in which she needs to
describe a year in her life as if it was 200 years ago. She has one week to write the essay and it is a large portion
of her entire grade. Explain how the following would apply to Sarah.
Intrinsic Motivation
Extrinsic Motivation
Self-actualization
Mr. James teaches creative writing and has assigned a historical fiction essay to his class. At the end of the week
all of his classes have turned in their essays and Mr. James now
needs to read and grade almost 100 essays. He
takes them home to read over the weekend but also is planning
on going to dinner and a movie with his wife
on
Saturday. Explain how the following would apply to
this scenario
•
Incentive Theory
• Approach-Avoidance Conflict