Achievement Motivation Flashcards
What is achievement motivation?
The drive to succeed minus the fear of failure
What approach behaviour(NACH)?
A need to achieve personality
What is avoidance behaviour(NAF)?
A need to avoid failure personality
What are the characteristics of a NACH personality?
- Likes a challenge
- Accepts feedback(positive or negative)
- Does not avoid competition
- Takes risks
- Task persistent
What are the characteristics of a NAF personality?
- Give up easily
- Avoid competition
- Take the easiest option
- Do not take responsibility
- Do not like feedback
What is attribute retraining?
Changing the reaons for given success or failure
What are task related goals?
Where success can be achieved and confidence maintaned
You can measure the process of success against the performers own standards
What are outcome related goals?
If they fail both confidence & motivation will be lowered
It doesn’t matter how the result is achieved as long as the goal is reached
What does the interactionist perspective state?
Both personality and environment can cause motivation to vary
