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Motivation Flashcards

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What is the basic definition of Achievement Goal Theory?

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People engage in achievement situations in order to demonstrate competence (Either to themselves or others)

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What are the two main concepts of ability?

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  • Task Involvement

- Ego Involvement

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What is Task Involvement?

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Where competence is demonstrated through learning, mastery and high effort

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What is Ego Involvement?

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Where competence is demonstrated through exceeding the performance of others and gaining social status

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What is the difference between Task/Ego Orientation and Involvement?

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Orientation is a tendency towards adopting an involvement, and Involvement is the state of mind itself.

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What does it mean for Task/Ego Orientation to be orthogonal?

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You can be high or low in both e.g. Hi-Hi, Hi-Lo, Lo-Lo, Lo-Hi

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How might Ego Involvement lead to performance impairment?

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Being demotivated if you aren’t in first place in a race, causing your motivation to push yourself to decrease, leading to further decreased performance (or any other suitable example)

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What is task orientation linked to in terms of belief about the purpose of sport?

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Development of Self Esteem, Personal Mastery, Fitness/Health and Cooperation

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What is ego orientation linked to in terms of belief about the purpose of sport?

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Demonstration of superiority and gaining social status

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What effect does Ego Orientation have on morally relevant attitude and behaviours in sport?

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High Ego Orientation is linked to unsportsmanlike and aggressive behaviour.

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What is a ‘Positive Affect’ as a correlate of goal orientation?

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Enjoyment, intrinsic interest and satisfaction

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What is the link between Task Orientation and Positive Affect?

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Task Orientation is positively related to positive affect because participation is more intrinsically motivated and the achievement activity is an end in itself

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What is the link between Ego Orientation and Positive Affect?

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Ego Orientation is either unrelated or negatively related to Positive Affect due to external pressures increasing anxiety about performance

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What is Negative Affect as a correlate of goal orientations?

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Anxiety, boredom and lack of desire to participate

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What is the link between Task Orientation and Negative Affect?

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Inversely related or unrelated to Negative Affect

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What is the link between Ego Orientation and Negative Affect?

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Positively related or unrelated to negative affect

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What is the relationship between Task Orientation and morally relevant behaviours?

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Task Orientation is moderately to strongly related to sportsmanlike and respectful behaviour

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What is a basic description of Self-Determination Theory

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A framework to understand the interplay between extrinsic and intrinsic forces that affect people’s motivation and that social context/culture should be structured to positively affect motivation

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What are the 3 psychological factors that if fostered, lead to the most volitional and high quality forms of motivation and engagement?

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  • Autonomy
  • Competence
  • Relatedness
20
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SDT is an organismic dialectical approach. Explain SDT.

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It is assumed that humans are growth oriented organisms who actively seek optimal challenge and new experiences to master. This is fostered or hindered by social context and external factors affecting feelings of autonomy, competence and relatedness

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Define ‘Competence’ as a psychological need under SDT

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The desire to master a skill

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Define ‘Autonomy’ as a psychological need under SDT

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A sense of free will and acting out of ones own interests and values

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define ‘Relatedness’ as a psychological need under SDT

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The desire to interact with, be connected to and experience caring for other people

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What are the different types of motivation under SDT?

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  • Intrinsic Motivation
  • Identified Regulation
  • Introjected Regulation
  • External Regulation
  • Amotivation
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What is intrinsic motivation?

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Motivation to do something for the inherent satisfaction of doing that activity

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What is external regulation?

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Motivation to do something as a function of external contingencies of reward or punishment

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What is introjected regulation?

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Motivation to do something due to acceptance of values which are not their own, e.g. following social convention to avoid guilt or shame

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What is identified regulation?

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Motivation to do something due to the activity being part of their sense of identity

29
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what is amotivation?

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lack of intent to act, or passive engagement in activity

30
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What types of motivation are Autonomous motivation?

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Intrinsic Motivation and Identified Regulation

31
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What types of motivation are controlled motivation?

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External and Introjected Regulation

32
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What are Autonomous motivation related outcomes?

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Positive affect and persistence

33
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What are controlled motivation related outcomes?

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Negative Affect, anxiety, drop out, burn out, etc.

34
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How can feelings of autonomy be fostered in an exercise setting?

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  • Giving choice
  • Meaningful rationale for decisions
  • Acknowledging feelings
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How can feelings of competence be fostered in an exercise setting?

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  • Optimal level of challenge
  • Task-involvement
  • Appropriate level of positive feedback
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How can feelings of relatedness be fostered in an exercise setting?

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  • Close, Warm, Respectful Behaviour
  • Perspective Taking
  • Exercise Buddy?

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