5. Motivation

Question 1

“Movere”

Answer 1

To Move

Question 2

Three components to describe motivation:

Answer 2

Choice, Effort, Persistence

Question 3

Choice, Effort, Persistence

Answer 3

• Choice = Direction
• Effort = Intensity
• Persistence = Duration of Effort

Question 4

Driving Forces of Motivation

Answer 4

• direction (what we choose to do) and intensity (how motivated, degree of individual investment)

“carrot or stick”; carrot- what is in front? (push), stick- the push from behind (expectancy)

Question 5

Motivation: Questions to Ask

Answer 5

1) How to initiate?
2) Why do people continue?
3) Why do people discontinue? Recall Martin & Horn (2013)

Question 6

Approach when there are multiple motivations

Answer 6

• Approach-Approach (ex +/+)
• Avoidance-Avoidance (ex pick your poison)
• Approach-Avoidance
• Double Approach-Avoidance

Question 7

Double Approach-Avoidance
Gives way to multiple possibilities because:

Answer 7

First three are simplistic, but variety of external factors can come in and reality of situations are quite complex.

Example:

Question 8

Motivation & Participation

Answer 8

● Sense of ability
● Social acceptance
● Enjoyment

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• developing sense of ability, or competence (including adopting certain identity)
• gaining social acceptance (social beings having sense of belonging very important)
• enjoying one’s experience
  — these are personal; drive sense of self and belonging