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Chapter 4: Motivation Flashcards

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Motivation

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Drive to seek out situations with higher degree of effort and intensity.

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Achievement motivation

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Motivation to master tasks, achieve at high level and persist even when confronted by obstacles.

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2 types of motivation and examples

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Extrinsic Motivation: driven by outward reasons (fame, awards, social status)
Intrinsic Motivation: driven by inward reasons (fun, excitement of playing well, learn new skills)

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4 types of extrinsic motivation (name plus examples)

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External Regulation: cash, guilt
Introjected: to please parents
Identified: do yoga to help anxiety for hockey
Integrated: teammates have similar goals

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Overjustification

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When people given external rewards for something that should be intrinsically enjoyed, rewards can undermine intrinsic interest.

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Cognitive evaluation theory

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Impact of external rewards varies depending on:

  • how they’re perceived
  • whether rewards seen as controlling beh. or providing info about performance
  • functional significance athlete attaches to reward
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Integrated theory of motivation in sport

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  • Social factors influence self perceptions
  • Self perceptions influence whether psych. needs are met - competence, autonomy and relatedness (self-determination theory)
  • These social and psych. factors lead to type of motivation experienced
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Rewards diminish when…

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  • added to previously enjoyable activity = discount intrinsic value = overjustification
  • shift in locus of causality - participation controlled by external sources, rather than self-initiated (controlling aspect)
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Rewards enhance when…

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reward provides info on positive aspects of ability, competence, self-determination, pride (informational aspect)

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Apply it: how to determine motivation

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  • find out reasons for participating
  • explore if motivation is unrelated to controllable factors
  • provide opportunities for diff. sensations
  • groups ppl. to work on skills cooperatively
  • if motivation is intrinsic, refrain from rewarding task completion only
  • reward type should reflect activity/outcome
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What’s self confidence? It is belief in the…

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  • ability to learn, acquire and improve skills (open mindedness)
  • ability to execute desired beh. (physical skills)
  • ability to use cognitive and perceptual skills
  • sense of control, autonomy
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Self confidence can be… (i.e. trait…etc.)

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  • trait: characteristic, tendency to continue to believe
  • state/situation-specific - alters moment to moment
  • multidimensional, complex - maintain focus, skill execution, overcome obstacles
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Levels of self-confidence/competence (describe in diff. cards) (3)

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  • Lack of confidence
  • Optimal confidence
  • Overconfidence
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Lack of confidence (1/3 levels of self-confidence)

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Despite actual ability, focus on weaknesses:
- increase self-doubts
- create anxiety
- affect concentration
- lead to indecisiveness
Small amounts may lead to increased motivation

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Optimal confidence (1/3 levels of self-confidence)

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  • convinced goal achievement possible, thus inducing effort to do so
  • positive self judgments sustained regardless of errors
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Overconfidence (1/3 levels of self-confidence)

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  • confidence out of proportion to actual ability

- may induce less prep or effort needed

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Confidence/self-efficacy according to social cognitive theory

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  • not global personality trait, fluctuates btwn. situations and context
  • related to perseverance
  • there is relationship btwn. self efficacy and performance
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Sources self efficacy derives from… (6)

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  • performance accomplishment (feeling competent)
  • vicarious experience (seeing peers do well)
  • verbal persuasion (support)
  • imaginal experiences (seeing self do well)
  • optimal arousal
  • mood
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Explain Vealey’s Multidimensional Model of Sport Confidence from top to bottom

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  • Demographic and personality characteristics, Organizational culture LEAD TO
  • Sources of sport confidence: Achievement, Self regulation, Social climate LEAD TO
  • Types of sport confidence: Cog. efficiency, Physical skill and training, Resilience LEAD TO or DERIVE FROM
  • Affect, Beh., Cognition LEAD TO or DERIVE FROM
  • Performance DERIVES FROM
  • Uncontrollable external factors, Physical skill and characteristics
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Apply it: building self confidence (6)

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  • Match abilities to indv. (make it doable)
  • Choose appropriate model
  • Feedback and accomplishment recording: frame tasks as measures of technical skill, not general abilities
  • Create routines
  • Visualize successful outcomes
  • Listen for, encourage positive self talk
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Psychological Momentum

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  • “change in cognition, affect, physiology, beh. caused by precipitating events, resulting in immedicate shift in performance”
  • confidence trigger: 1st goal, interceptions
  • enhancer: crowd, game importance, winning streak
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How to break opponents’ psyc. momentum

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  • slow play, timeout, switch players
  • focus on own team
  • focus on each play
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Social loafing

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tendency to reduce own output when contributions on task will be combined with others because they believe own contributions will not be identified

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Theories of Achievement Motivation (describe in diff. cards) (5)

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  • Need achievement theory
  • Self-efficacy theory
  • Competence motivation theory
  • Sport-confidence model
  • Achievement goal theory
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Need achievement theory (1/5 theories of achievement motivation)

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  • describes role of personal and situational factors in predicting achievement beh.
  • ppl vary in degree of cous on both ACHIEVING SUCCESS and AVOIDING FAILURE
  • take into consideration PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS and INCENTIVE VALUE OF SUCCESS
  • interaction of these personal and situational factors influences athletes’ RESULTANT/BEH. TENDENCIES and EMOTIONAL REACTIONS
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Self-efficacy theory (1/5 theories of achievement motivation)

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  • importance of having belief in one’s own ability to carry out given task
  • influenced by person’s own exps, vicarious exps, verbal persuasions and emotional and physiological states
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Competence motivation theory (1/5 theories of achievement motivation)

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Positive exps. lead to increase in:
- self-efficacy
- positive feelings
- perceived competence
Negative exps. lead to:
- increase in negative feelings
- decrease in competence motivation
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Sport-confidence model (1/5 theories of achievement motivation)

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Beliefs about competence and confidence based on 3 distinct types of sport-related skills:

  • cognitive efficiency
  • physical skills/training
  • resilience
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Achievement goal theory (1/5 theories of achievement motivation)

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  • Task (mastery) goal orientation: focus on improving own skills and abilities over time (better outcomes)
  • Ego (performance) goal orientation: focus on how they perform compared to others
  • Social approval goal orientation: ppl vary in this - desire for social acceptance and avoiding embarrassment or defeat
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Mastery-focused environment is characterized by higher levels of… (6)

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  • perceived competence
  • self-esteem
  • enjoyment
  • intrinsic motivation
  • exp. of the flow
  • better performance
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Strategies for leaders/coaches to increase athletes’ intrinsic motivation… (6)

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  • create diff. types of environments for diff. ppl
  • focus on developing all athletes’ skills, rewarding improvements over time and emphasizing importance of effort
  • Be aware of athletes’ motivation for involvement and understand they may change
  • Use appropriate types of reinforcement to motivate
  • Reward right types of behaviours: effort over outcome, emotional and social skills over just physical skills
  • Give personal feedback (reduces social loafing)

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