Motivation

Question 1

What is motivation?

Answer 1

The direction and intensity of effort
Direction - do you seek or attract the situation
Intensity - how much effort u put in

Question 2

Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation

Answer 2

Intrinsic - complete activities for internal pleasure and cause there fun and enjoyable

Extrinsic - complete activities cause of an external force driving behaviour e.g. reward or praise

Question 3

Self - determination theory

Answer 3

States that motivation is determined by how much an individual satisfies 3 basic psychological needs

1. Autonomy
2. Competence
3. Relatedness

Splits motivation into 6 types

1. Intrinsic
2. Integrated motivation
3. Identified regulation
4. Introjected regulation
5. External regulation
6. Amotivation

Question 4

what can intrinsic motivation be split into

Answer 4

Knowledge - understanding, learning somet new
Accomplishment - creating something or mastering somet hard
Stimulation - experiencing pleasurable sensations

Question 5

Integrated motivation

Answer 5

doing something because its personally important

Question 6

Identified regulation

Answer 6

Doing something because its highly valued

Question 7

introjected regulation

Answer 7

doing something to avoid disapproval
or to gain approval

Question 8

external regulation

Answer 8

doing something for external reinforcement like avoiding punishment

Question 9

amotivation

Answer 9

no motivation

Question 10

The basic psychological needs

Answer 10

Need for :
Autonomy - to have choise and control behaviour
Competence - to feel confident abt behaviour
Relatedness - feel connected to behaviour and activity

Question 11

What happens if you satisfy the 3 basic phycological needs

Answer 11

more satisfaction = more intrinsically motivated

The way the activity satisfies the 3 basic psychological needs determines how self-motivated you are

they interact to determine motivation

Question 12

Cognitive evaluation theory

Answer 12

States that any event that has an effect on someone’s perception about competence and feeling of self-determination will affect intrinsic motivation

its the effects of external events (rewards, influences and others around us) have on intrinsic motivation

Question 13

What are the 2 functional components of rewards, feedback and reinforcement that decide how intrinsically motivated an individual is?

Answer 13

a controlling aspect
an information aspect