Lecture 5

Question 1

What is achievement motivation?

Answer 1

Striving toward a standard of excellence or attempting to reach/achieve a specific goal

Question 2

What is achievement motivation in sport commonly called?

Answer 2

Competitiveness.

Question 3

How is achievement motivation measured?

Answer 3

• Motives, goals, goal orientations.
• Arousal levels.
• Direction and persistence over time.

Question 4

What is attribution theory?

Answer 4

Attributions are the reasons individuals give for their successes or failures.

Question 5

What are the three categories of attributions?

Answer 5

• Stability
• Locus of causality
• Locus of control

Question 6

How do attributions affect achievement behaviour?

Answer 6

• They influence future performance expectations.
• They can impact emotions, such as state anxiety.
• High and low achievers have different attribution patterns, affecting their performance consistency.

Question 7

What is achievement goal theory?

Answer 7

focusing on how individuals define success and failure.

Question 8

What are the three types of goal orientations in achievement goal theory?

Answer 8

• Task orientation – self-focus.
• Ego orientation – other-focus.
• Social approval orientation – other-focus.

Question 9

What are the positives and negatives of task orientation?

Answer 9

Positives: Motivates through competition and desire to outperform others.

Negatives: Can lead to fear of failure and a lack of effort in difficult situations.

Question 10

What are the positives and negatives of ego orientation?

Answer 10

Positives: Motivates through competition and desire to outperform others.

Negatives: Can lead to fear of failure and a lack of effort in difficult situations.