Ch. 7 Flashcards
Shaping
Reward small improvements as the skill is learned
Motivational feedback
Enhance performance, serve as valuable reinforcement, establish goalsetting progress
Instructional feedback provided feedback about…
Specific behaviors that should be performed, levels of proficiency that should be achieved, the persons current level
Knowledge of performance
Knowledge about the movement pattern that was used to achieve the task
Knowledge of results
Information about the outcome of the action
Integrated regulation
Activity is important because of a valued outcome
Identified regulation
Participating because it helps your growth and development
Introjected regulation
Motivated by internal pressures but regulated by external contingencies (working out to impress the opposite sex)
Harmonious passion
Strong desire to participate because it becomes part of your identity
Obsessive passion
Uncontrollable desire to participate and it’s not part of identity
Cognitive evaluation theory
focuses on factors that undermine intrinsic motivation
Positive reinforcement
Giving a reward for a behavior
Negative reinforcement
Taking something away to increase behavior
Positive punishment
Giving a reward for stopping something
Negative punishment
Taking something away to decrease the behavior