Motivational climates Flashcards
What are the two types of motivation climates?
Mastery and performance climates
What are the priorities of a mastery climate?
Learning and task mastery, personal progress, and participation
What are the priorities of a performance climate?
Social comparison, public evaluation, and normative success
What are the differences in perception of mistakes?
In mastery climate, mistakes are an opportunity to improve and learn. In performance climate, mistakes are a failure and undesired
Who are the creators of the motivational climate?
Significant others, such as parents, teachers, and coaches
Why are motivational climates perceived differently?
Due to different treatment and experiences
What is the method of creating a motivational climate?
Task, authority, recognition, grouping, evaluation, and time
What is authority in regards to motivational climates?
Student participation in instructional progress
What is grouping in regards to motivational climates?
Manner and frequency of student working together
What is time in regards to motivational climates?
Pace of learning
In Lloyd and Fox’s 1992 study, what was the response to mastery and performance climates?
In mastery climate, the motivation to continue is significantly higher, and reported more enjoyment; high-ego girls lowered ego orientation in mastery climate, and low-ego girls raised ego orientation in performance climate
What are correlates of mastery climate?
Self-efficacy; effort and enjoyment; positive attitude toward class; belief that effort causes success; satisfaction with being a team member; mastery as a source of satisfaction
What are correlates of performance climate?
Tension; negative attitude toward class; belief that ability leads to success; boredom; satisfaction when outperforming others; perceptions of differential treatment of high and low achievers
What were the findings in the football study investigating goal orientation, motivation climate, and context?
High task orientation in both training and competition, but higher ego in competition than training; in training, need a high mastery climate as people naturally do not put in as much effort, nor enjoy it as much
