achievment motivation

Question 1

what is achievement motivation

Answer 1

• desire with which competitive situations are approached or avoided
• desire to succeed minus the fear of failure

Question 2

what are atkinsons suggested 2 personality types

Answer 2

1 approach behaviour: approaches competition with enthusiasm- asks to take the penalty
2 avoidance behaviour: tries to avoid competition- at the back of the group for penalties

Question 3

approach behaviour
NACH

Answer 3

• need to achieve
• welcome competition
• they take risks
• welcome feedback and evaluation
• like a challenge
• task persistent- try harder after failure
• confident
  -attribute success internally
• base their actions on seeking pride and satisfaction from their performance

Question 4

avoidance behaviour
NAF

Answer 4

• need to avoid failure
• avoid competition
• take the easy option
• give up easily
• do not like feedback or evaluation
• do not take responsibility for their actions

Question 5

what determines nach or naf

Answer 5

• approach behaviour depends on the interaction of personality and the situation
• the need to achieve or avoid failure are situation specific

Question 6

interaction

Answer 6

the combination of the situational and personality factors that decide the level of achievement motivation

Question 7

determines nach
approach behaviour

Answer 7

personality:
need to achieve or avoid failure
introvert or extrovert
confidence
innate or developed
aggression/arousal/anxiety
situation:
probability of success- easy or hard
incentive value- high or low incentive
familiar or unfamiliar environment
high risk= high reward

Question 8

situation
- probabilty of success in task

Answer 8

• high chance leads to high motivation, low chance then people give up, lack motivation

Question 9

situation
- incentive value

Answer 9

• reward gained from the task, high value reward leads to high motivation, low value rewards then people give up, lack motivation

Question 10

how to develop the need to achieve

Answer 10

attribute success internally
- tell player that success is due to them, their effort
use reinforcement
- coach could offer praise and rewards to players who do well
set goals
- goals should be realistic and achievable which means satisfaction is gained
- process of outcome goals
improve confidence
allow success
- encourage bealief and motivation to improve confidence by setting easy drills

Question 11

achievement goal thoery

Answer 11

task related:
- measure process of success against the performers own standards
- regardless of the result success can be achieved and confidence maintained
outcome related:
- doesnt matter how the result is achieved as long as the goals is reached
- if performer succeeds pride and satisfaction are maintained
- if they fail confidence and motivation can be lowered