<p>“Rudy Movie Questionnaire”</p><p>Directions: Please answer the following questions as you watch the movie “Rudy.” Bring the answers to the next session on “Leadership: Motivation in the Workplace.”</p><p>Name </p><p>1. Which character is the “MOST MOTIVATED”? Who is the best “performer”? If you think the answers to these questions “depends”, what do the answers depend on? Describe Rudy’s performance as a football player? What was the relationship between his motivation and his performance? </p><p>2. Why was Rudy’s motivation “exalted” in this movie versus any other character?</p><p>3. What basic need was Rudy trying to satisfy by playing football at Notre Dame? How did his needs differ from that of his father? His older brother? His girl friend?</p><p>4. We might say Rudy always dreamed of playing football at Notre Dame University. However, three different characters make a statement about the effects of dreams. What did the following characters say about dreams?</p><p>Rudy’s high school priest (teacher):</p><p>Pete’s dad:</p><p>Rudy’s father: What behavior did Rudy’s dream lead to prior to being 22 years old and why did the same dream have a different effect on his behavior after he was 22?</p><p>So, what is a “dream” and how does it affect behavior? </p><p>5. How did Rudy’s environment influence his behavior? Which aspects supported his motivation to play football at Notre Dame University and which were a hindrance? When was the situation itself a hindrance to Rudy’s behavior associated with his goal?</p><p>6. What role did emotion play in Rudy’s motivation? </p><p>7. Once Rudy takes steps toward his long term goal, which intermediate goals were set?</p><p>8. Identify any “extrinsic” motivational factors in Rudy’s motivation to play at Notre Dame Univeristy?</p><p>9. Identify the motivational factors of Rudy’s “practice squad” teammate. 10. What do the various references to “heart” mean?</p><p>11. What factor is central to coach Parsegian’s decision to promise Rudy he could play in a game his senior year?</p>