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Lecture 4 Motivation and volition in sport Flashcards

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Definition motivation

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  • Motivation deals with explaining the direction, persistence and intensity of goal-directed behavior.
  • Desired goal states and what makes them attractive are the explanatory variables and are what characterize
    motivation.
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Motivation vs. Motive

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  • Motivation (State)
  • Motive (Trait)
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What are different motives (MC Clelland, 1983)

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  • achievement
  • affiliation
  • power

2 Components: Hope for and Fear of

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What is “THE ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVE” ?

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  • fairly stable personaly factor
  • two components: Hoep for Success and Fear of Failure
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Goal Setting (Fear of Failure and Hope for success)

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  1. High fear of failure - avoid tasks with medium difficulty
  2. Hope for success - you choose medium difficulty
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Hope for success vs. fear fo failuure

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  • indiviudals that are motivated by success choose realistic tasks at mid level difficulty
  • individuals that focus on failure prefer very eas or very difficult task
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What is the motivation equation?

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Motivation = motive x stimulus (situation) x expectancy

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What are different stimuli in sport?

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  • social experiences
  • health and fitness
  • risk and adventure
  • beuaty and aesthetics of movement
  • performance and achievement
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Intrinsically vs. extrinsically motivated actions

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  • intrinsically: fit between the goals and the reason for an action
  • extrinsically: no fit between the goal and the reason for an action (action is used merely instrumentally)
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Qualities of intrinsic motivation

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  • not directed at a certain goal
  • optimal activation
  • Self determination
  • being totally immersed in an activity (pleasurable)
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Motivation continuum

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  1. Amotivation
  2. External regulation
  3. Introjected regulation
  4. Identified regulation
  5. Integrated regulation
  6. Intrinsic motivation
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Flow (characteristics)

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  • highest state of intrinsic motivation
  • concentrating and focusing
  • a loss of the feeling of self-consciousness
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Attributions of success and failure - What would be healthy?

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Success to: Internal, Controllable, Stable factors
Failure to: Internal, Controllable, unstable factors.

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Process vs. Performance goals

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Procces: What an athlete focusses on when performing a specific skill
Performance: Focus on a specific outcome

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Intention-behavior gap

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  • often explained by the lack of motivation
  • it is also a question of volition
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Motivation vs. Volition

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  • Motivation: Selection of action alternatives (Goal setting)
  • Volition: Commitment to one action alternative and its implementation or completion (goal striving)
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Volition (definition)

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  • auxiliary processes of self-regulation, self-control, and planning that support motivation in the face of encountered resistance
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Supporting volitional processes

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  • initiation of an intended action
  • persistent implementation of an intended action
  • persistent implementation - even in light of obstacles
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What is meant by “crossing the rubicon”?

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indicates the formation of a goal intention (but not the beginning of an action)

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What are the different phases in the RUBICON MODEL?

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  1. Intention formation (From contemplating about different choices to planning)
  2. Action initiation (From planning to acting)
  3. Intention deactivation (From acting to evaluating)
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Action control (def.)

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Action control processes are all those self-regulatory processes that, in the face of resistance, support the translation of an intention into action and the adherence to it until the goal is achieved.

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Action vs. state orientation

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  • action oriented: a person is focused on realizing a goal intention quickly (transformation of the current state)
  • state oriented: one tends to engage in negative thoughts (analysis of a past, present or future situation)
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What is the core problem of action control?

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thoughts that are irrelevant to the execution of the action and that have a disruptive effect on it

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Decision, Performance and Failure (action vs. state orientation)

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  • Decision: Initiative vs. Procrastination
  • Performance: Endurance vs. Inconsistency
  • Failure: Detachment vs. Preoccupation
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Strengthening volition with WOOP … stands for

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Wish
Outcome
Obstacle
Plan

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