Alfred Adler Lecture 3

Question 1

achievement goals

Answer 1

1. performance
2. mastery

Question 2

performance achievement goal

Answer 2

demonstrate competence relative to others

Question 3

mastery achievement goals

Answer 3

develop competence through task mastery (either master basic task or improve on one’s past performance)

Question 4

Types of motivation

Answer 4

approach
avoidance

Question 5

approach motivation

Answer 5

desire to gain positive, desirable ends

Question 6

avoidance motivation

Answer 6

desire to elude, steer clear of, or escape negative, undesirable ends

Question 7

goal antecedent mastery-approach

Answer 7

*work mastery
*self determination
*competence valuation
*class engagement

Question 8

goal antecedent mastery-avoidance

Answer 8

• no incremental theory
  *no self determination
• negative person-feedback from parents
• worry about disappointing parents

Question 9

goal antecedent performance-approach

Answer 9

*fear of failure-paradoxically
* competence valuation
*conditional approval from parents
*positive person-feedback from dad

Question 10

goal antecedent performance-avoidance

Answer 10

*fear of failure
*no self-determination
*fixed-entity theory
*negative person-feedback from parents

Question 11

selected goal consequences Mastery-approach

Answer 11

*deep processing (studied a lot)
* more subsequent mastery-approach goals
*fewer subsequent performance-avoidance goals
*fewer health care visits

Question 12

selected goal consequences mastery-avoidance

Answer 12

*disorganized
*worry and emotionality
* subsequent master-approach, mastery-avoidance, and performance-approach goals

Question 13

selected goal consequences performance-approach

Answer 13

• subsequent performance-approach goals
• better overall exam performance
• better multiple choice performance
  *better essay performance

Question 14

selected goal consequences performance-avoidance

Answer 14

• surface processing
  *disorganization
  *worse overall, multiple choice, and essay exam performance
  *more health care visits

Question 15

sample item of achievement goal (performance-approach)

Answer 15

it is important for me to do better than other students

Question 16

sample item of achievement goal (performance-avoidance)

Answer 16

I just want to avoid doing poorly in this class

Question 17

sample item of achievement goal (mastery-avoidance)

Answer 17

I am often concerned that I may not learn all that there is to learn in this class

Question 18

sample item of achievement goal (mastery-approach)

Answer 18

it is important for me to understand the content of this course as thoroughly as possible