TEST 2 Flashcards
ATTRIBTUION THEORY
EXPLORE LEARNERS BELIEFS AS TO WHY THEY DO WELL OR POORLY IN CERTAIN TASKS
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
NATURAL TENDENCY TO SEEK AN CONQUER TASKS
EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
ENGAGEMENT IN ACTIVITY TO RECEIVE AWARDS OR AVOIDS PUNISHMENT
COMPETENCE
PROTECT OUR SELF WORTH
COGNITIVE EVAL
HOW REWARDS ARE PERCIEVED IS KEY IN DETERMINING WHETHER INTERNAL MOTIVATION IS GOOD OR BAD
MOTIVATIONAL CLIMATE
STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE PERCIEVED COMPETENCE
-HELP WITH PROGRESS AND SEEING RESULTS
REINFORCEMENT
USE OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT.
-WHICH INCREASE OR DECREASE PERFORMANCE
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
REWARD AND NURTURE GOOD BEHAVIOR
-WHICH WILL INCREASE DESIRED RESULTS
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
A condition in which people feel that they have no control over their failures, and that failure is inevitable.
FIXED MINDSET
In a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits. They have a certain amount and that’s that, and then their goal becomes to look smart all the time and never look dumb.
GROWTH MINDSET
In a growth mindset students understand that their talents and abilities can be developed through effort, good teaching and persistence. They don’t necessarily think everyone’s the same or anyone can be Einstein, but they believe everyone can get smarter if they work at it.
ATTENTION FOCUS
Attention is the cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things.
DRIVE THEORY
is a theory that attempt to define, analyze or classify the psychological drives. A drive is an “excitatory state produced by a homeostatic disturbance”,[2] an instinctual need that has the power of driving the behaviour of an individua
INVERTED U THEORY
theory of arousal that considers that optimal performance occurs when the performer reaches an optimal level of arousal.
INDIVIDUAL ZONE OF OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING
postulates the functional relationship between emotions and optimal performance, and aims to predict the quality of upcoming performance with respect to the pre-performance emotional state of the performer.
CATASTROPHE THEORY
that predicts a rapid decline in performance resulting from the combination of high cognitive anxiety and increasing somatic anxiety.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILLS TRAINING
Psychological skills training (PST) refers to consistent practice of mental or psychological skills.
ACTIVE LISTENING
LISTENER REQUIRES FEEDBACK
TEAM IDENTITY
HOW THE TEAM WILL RESPOND AND IF THEIR RESPONSES CORRELATE WELL WITH ONE ANOTHER
SOCIAL LOAFING
social loafing is the phenomenon of people deliberately exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone
EXERCISE ADHERENCE
refers to the strength of an individual’s commitment to performing physical exercise
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
A leader that seeks the advice and input from members of the group.
AUTOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
Leadership style that involves making managerial decisions without consulting others
PERMISSIVE LEADERSHIP
habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
ASSERTIVENESS
Assertiveness is the quality of being self-assured and confident without being aggressive
CATHARSIS
the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions
Hostile aggression
Hostile aggression refers to an act of aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain
INSTRUMENTAL AGGRESSION
Instrumental aggression is harmful behavior engaged in without provocation to obtain an outcome or coerce others.
Moral reasoning
Moral reasoning is individual or collective practical reasoning about what, morally, one ought to do
Mastery orientation
Goal disposition to view perceived ability as a function of effort and improvement
Competetive orientation
Goal disposition that perceives ability as a function of outperforming others as opposed to self-improvement
