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12 Cards in this Set
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Motivation Defined |
The underlying theme becomes what factors are involved to make us move to FULFILL A NEED Direction and intensity of effort |
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Types of Motivation Amotivation Intrinsic Extrinsic |
-No motivation -Self-determined, internal reasons -External reasons, Outside rewards/pressures |
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3 approaches to motivation Trait-centered Situation-centered Interactional |
-Individual characteristics, personality -motivation determined by the situation - Consider both the person and the situation (combine the 2) |
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5 Guidelines for enhancing motivation |
1. Consider both traits and situations for motivating ppl 2. Understand ppls Multi motives for involvement 3. Change environ to enhance motivation 4. Influence motivation 5. Use behavior mod to change participants undesirable motives |
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4 theories of Achievement motivation |
Need achievement theory Attribution Theory Achievement Goal Theory Competence Goal Theory |
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Need Achievement Theory |
AM = tendency to strive for success, persist in face of failure, experience pride in accomplishments Look at diagram High achievers Select challenging tasks ,Prefer intermediate risks , & Perform better when evaluated |
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Attribution Theory 3 things Hope solo |
How people explain their successes and failures Stability (stable/Talent) / unstable/luck) Locus of causality (internal-effort / external-task difficulty) Locus of control (control- game plan/ no control- opponent mistakes) |
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Achievement Goal Theory Achievement goals + perceived ability= Achievement behavior |
- Outcome oriented vs task-oriented (strong work ethic and optimal performance) - High perceived ability vs low - performance, effort, persistence, task choice, realistic tasks vs unrealistic tasks |
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Competence motivation theory |
People motivated to feel worthy and competentFeelings of perception of control + self-esteem + perceived competence are primary determinants of motivation |
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Enhancing motivation |
Promote intrinsic motivation: define success as effort and performance relative to absolute standards. Control motivation by making internal attributions (effort and ability) |
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Learned helplessness |
an acquired condition in which a person perceives that his or her actions have no effort on the desired outcome of a task or skill *Feels doomed to failure* |
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All theories emphasize... |
Person-situation interaction Motivation unstable, can be influenced Predictor of participation and performance Individual awareness / assessment |
