Lecture 8- Motivation (Kinnafick) Flashcards
Define Motivation
- the topic of motivation is what moves people to act, think and develop
- Need to understand the conditions and processes that facilitate persistence, performance, healthy development, and vitality in our human endeavours
What have previous theories of motivation mainly focused on?
- 4 things
- External stuff
- Social environment
- Rwards/ incentives
- relationships
Outline Deci & Ryan (1985) Self-determination theory
- what does it assume
ASsumes people:
•Naturally active, self-motivated, curious and interested
•Vital and eager to succeed
• Can be alienated and mechanised, or passive and disaffected
- we want to progress and learn, but certain things can influence that
- differences between our natural state, and how we can sometimes be alienated: are accounted for in the type of motivation (quality) of motivation
- Interactions between inherent active nature and social environment that will determine quality of motivation
What is the two ends of the continuum for quality of motivatoin
Autonomous motivation (Good stuff, we want to strive for) VS Controlled Motivation (want to try and avoid if we are to flourish or develop successfully)
Outline how quality of motivation affects liklihood of an individual carrying something out
SDT argues:
- The quality of motivation will influence the likelihood of an individual carrying out the behaviour
- Argues quality of motivation is likely to improve if it involves a greater choice and self-determination rather than external control
- Understanding why and why not someone could act can help us understand them
- Interventions can therefore be better targetted to their needs
What are the 3 broad categories of quality of motivation
- Intrinsic motivation
- Extrinsic motivation
- Amotivation
What are the 4 types of extrinsic motivation?
- Integrated regulation
- Identified regulation
- Introjected regulation
- External Regulation
Outline Intrinsic motivation
- Do the activity for enjoyment, pleasure and fun
- No reinforcement or reward
- When the activity is interesting/ satisfying
- Explore novel stimuli
- Work to master optimal challenges
“I love it”
Outline integrated regulation as a form of extrinsic motivation
“Behaviours that are fully incorporated into the repertoir of behaviours that statisfy psychological needs”
- still have autonomy over it, but not quite intrinsic
- It is part of who you are, important to you, you want to be known as having that as a part of my identity. you still have control over it, without any external orders
- Its integrated into your life
- Differs from intrinsic, as althought it is autonomous, its created as a result of external influences? Wheras intrinsic is entirely about your inner pleasure, not how your identity is expressed
Outline indentifed regulation as a form of extrinsic motivation
- You may not love it, it may not be a part of who you are, but you do it and see that it is beneficial
- “I can see its important”
Outline Introjected regulation as a form of extrinsic motivation
- Avoiding external sources of disapproval, or to gain externally referenced approval
- I should do it
- You dont want to do it, so starting to move towards controlled motivation, it is external forces at work in getting you to do something
- To avoid feelings of guilt or disapproval
- Im going to go and exercise because i dont want to let them down, theyre waiting for me. I’ll feel guilty
Outline External Regulation as a form of extrinsic motivation
- For external reinforcement such as gaining rewards, or avoiding punishment
- “I have to do it”
- E.g. You’ve been told to do it
- you may not want to do it, but you have to do it - controlled motivation
Outline Amotivation
- “I have no interest”
- A complete lack of motivation
- No value of behaviour
- Valued outcome but no competence
Who came up with The motivation diagram thing?
Hagger & Chatzisarantis (2007)
What were the 3 examples of things that can decrese intrinsic motivation, outlined by Deci & Ryan (2007)? and what were the outcomes of this?
Decreases in intrinsic motivation, can be caused by:
•Threats of punishment
•Deadlines
•Surveillance
The outcomes:
• Feelings of pressure and control
•Drop out
•Negative affect/ wellbeing
How can rewards affect motivation??
- Undermine or not?
- They undermine intrinsic motivation
- And the reward can lead to a loss of interest in activity, it is no longer fun, it is just to get the reward, and then may quit
- If the reward is not specifically dependent on doing the activity, the reward may not undermine intrinsic motivation, as its not perceived as controlling ones behaviour
•E.g. ill give you some money if you join the fitness programme, if you complete it or not - may not get rid of intrinsic motivation - Tangeble rewards tend to interect negatively with intrinsic motivation - e.g. trophies, medals, money etc
- vs praise etc (not tangeble)
What are the 4 outcomes of Autonomous motivation
- Greater persistence
- Positive affect
- Enhanced Performance
- Greater Psychological Wellbeing
What are the 3 things that the Basic Psychological Needs theory (BNT) say humans need
- Autonomy - sense of ownership over behaviour
- Competence - Feelings of effectiveness in ones interactions with the social environment in achieving valued outcomes
- Relatedness - feeling connected with others in a respected and secure manner
- If any of these 3 are not met, you may have a worse quality of motivation
- If you feel out of control, or feel you cant do it, or feel you are isolated, these needs may not be met and you will have bad motivation
What is BNT a subtheory of?
Self-determination theory