Motivational Factors on Learning Flashcards
It is a force that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal
Motivation
It is an internal state or condition (sometimes described as a need, desire or want) that serves to activate or energize behavior and give it direction
Motivation
2 types of Motivation
Intrinsic and Extrinsic
It is an internal stimulus that arouses one to action. In this type of motivation, the learner works not for awards but for personal satisfaction of accomplishing one’s work and attaining one’s goal
Intrinsic Motivation
It refers to motivation that comes from the outside from the external environment.
This type of motivation is based on incentive (medals, bonuses, praises, etc.)
Extrinsic Motivation
Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
Self Actualization
Esteem
Love/Belonging
Safety
Psychological
This theory is an explanation of motivation that is related to competence, judging it and increasing it.
DAVID MC CLELLAND NEED
ACHIEVEMENT THEORY
He stated that individuals seek out challenging, moderately difficult tasks. They want all possible feedback and become bored with steady success.
He believes that some individuals have higher need to achieve than others
DAVID MC CLELLAND NEED
ACHIEVEMENT THEORY
According to this theory, students attribute their success or failure to specific causes. When they get good grades, they think they are good in the subject but when they fail in the test, they attribute it to the difficulty of the test.
ATTRIBUTION THEORY
Attribution occurs on 3 dimensions:
- Locus (the location of the cause). Either within or outside the learner.
- Stability. Whether or not the cause can change.
- Control. Extent to which students accept responsibility for their successes and failures or in control of the learning situations
It is a process of deciding how to act on one’s environment (Ryan and Deci, 2000)
SELF-DETERMINATION
THEORV
3 innate psychological needs:
- Need for Competense
- Need for Control (autonomy)
- Need for Relatedness
Refers to the ability to function effectively in the environment.
Need for competence
Refers to the ability to alter the environment when necessary.
Need for control (autonomy)
Refers to the feeling of connectedness to others in one’s social environment resulting in feelings of worthiness of love and respect.
Need for Relatedness
It refers to the totality of a complex, organized and dynamic system of learned beliefs, attitudes and opinions that each person holds to be true about his or her peers existence
Self- Concept
“The individual’s belief about himself or herself, including the person’s attributes and who and what the selfis”
Self Concept
Refers to one’s beliefs about one’s capabilities to produce designated levels of performance that exercise influence over events that affect their lives. Self-efficacy beliefs determine how people feel, think, motivate themselves and behave.
Self Efficacy
People with ……….. beliefs think they have the ability to succeed at a task, to overcome obstacles, and to reach their goals.
High self efficacy
People with …….. beliefs doubt their ability to succeed and do not believe they have what it takes to reach their goals.
Low Self Efficacy
It refers to ones sense of control over ones behavior and lives. It is a key term in understanding successful learners
Self Regulation
It refers to systematic efforts to direct thoughts, feelings and actions toward the attainment of one’s goals
Self Regulation
