Paul Blocker is the offensive line coach for a university football team. He wants his players to report to fall practice in good shape. Coach has set challenging fitness standards that the linemen should have no problem achieving if they work hard during the summer. He knows his players hate running wind sprints so to encourage them to work out during the summer he announced that any player who passes the fitness test at the beginning of fall practice will be allowed to skip sprints for the first two weeks of practice. Coach Blocker's approach to motivation is consistent with:_____________
a) expectancy theory
b) scientific management
c) the autonomous feedback principle
d) assessment theory

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that Coach Blocker's approach to motivation is consistent with expectancy theory. This theory believes that an individual will behave in a certain way due to the results of that behavior being what they want , thus motivating them to choose to behave that way. Which is what the coach is doing by stating that the result of working out in the summer would be that the players can skip the sprints, thus motivating them to behave in that way.