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Unit 4 Ich Flashcards

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Motivation

Where does the word come from?

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from the latin word movere (to move)

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Motivation

What does it involve?

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the processes that energize, direct and sustain behavior

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Motivation

What does it refer to in the educational field?

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student’s interest in their own learning or in the activities that lead to it
-> constitutes a preliminary step to learning (is its engine)

related to why students behave in a certain way

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Motivation

How does success relate to motivation?

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the more success a person achieves, the more motivation they will experience

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Motivation

What are the 4 perspectives of Motivation?

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The behavioral perspective
The cognitive perspective
The humanistic perspective
The social perspective

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Perspectives of Motivation

What is important in the Behvioural Perspective?

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Reinforcement or Punishment (operant conditioning)
-> Direct attention toward appropriate behaviour and away from inappropriate behaviour.

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Perspectives of Motivation

What are Incentives in the Behavioral Perspective?

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positive or negative stimuli or events
-> add interest or excitement to the class

e.g.: numerical scores, letter grades, checkmarks or stars for work

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Perspectives of Motivation

What are some problems of positive punishments?

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  • traumas
  • mistrust towards parents
  • can be useful for stopping bad behaviors but not for creating good ones
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Perspectives of Motivation

What ist the focus on in the humanistic perspective?

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  • Stresses students’ capacity for personal growth.
  • Freedom to choose their destiny and positive qualities (being sensitive)
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Perspectives of Motivation

what is a theoriy of the humanistic perspective?

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  • Abraham Maslow: basic needs must be met before higher needs can be satisfied
  • Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
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Perspectives of Motivation - Humanistic Perspective

What does Maslow’s hierarchy of needs state?

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it is a motivational theory in psychology
-> compromises a model of human needs

needs at bottom of hierarchy must be satisfied

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Perspectives of Motivation - Humanistic Perspective

What are the needs of Maslow’s pyramide from the lowest to the highest?

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  • Physiological: hunger, thirst, sleep
  • Safety needs: ensuring survival (protection from war and crime)
  • Love and belonging: security, affection and attention
  • Esteem: feeling good about oneself
  • Self-actualization: realization of one potential
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Perspectives of Motivation - Humanistic Perspective

What is the highest and most elusive of Maslow’s needs?

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Self-actualization
-> according to maslow only possible after the lower needs have been met
-> says that most people stop maturing at self-esteem

motivation to develop one’s full potential as human beings

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Perspectives of Motivation - Humanistic Perspective

What are Discrepancies with Maslow’s theory?

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  • some students cognitive motivation to acquire and understand information and knowledge might have stronger value than esteem needs
  • others might meet it though they have not experiened love and belongingness
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Perspectives on Motivation

What does the Cognitive Perspective state?

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student’s mind guide their motivation

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Perspectives of Motivation

What does the Cognitive Perspective focus on?

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students intrinsic motivation, their attributions, their expectations for success and their beliefs that they can effectivels control their environment and the outcomes of their efforts

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Perspectives of Motivation

What is the difference between the Behavioral perspective and Cognitive perspective?

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Behavioral perspective: student’s motivation is a consequence of external incentives
Cognitive perspective: external influences should be de-emphasized

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Perspectives of Motivation - Cognitive Perspective

What does Belonging mindset describe?

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the belief that people like you belong for example in your university
-> many students not sure wether they belong or are well-connected

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Perspectives of Motivation - Cognitive Perspective

Which types of belonging are there?

+ what are they correlated with?

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negative sense of belonging: lower academic achievement
positive sense of belonging: better physical and mental health

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Perspectives of Motivation

What are 2 types of people in the social perspective?

(one side)

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  • shy: afraid to meet someon new because of thoughts, feelings and emotions
  • introverted: enjoying being around people but need to spend time alone to recharge social batteris
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Perspectives of Motivation - Social Perspective

What is the need for affiliation or relatedness?

what does it involve?

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the motive to securely connect with other people
-> involves establishing, maintaining and restoring warm, close, personal relationships

reflected in motivation to spend time with peers

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Perspectives of Motivation - Social Perspective

Will we be good with others when we are not good with ourselves?

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no
-> relationship with others start from a need
-> will be emotinoal avoidance

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Motivation

What are 2 types of motivation?

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extrinsic and intrinsic

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Extrinsic & Intrinsic Motivation

What is extrinsic motivation?

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doing something to obtain something else
-> governed by reinforcement contingencies

“A means to an end”

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Extrinsic & Intrinsic Motivation

What is intrinsic motivation?

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doing something for its own sake
-> personal enjoyment, interest, or pleasure

“an end in itself”

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Extrinsic & Intrinsic Motivation

What has been proven?

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  • when goals framed only extrinsically: level of indpendent motivation and persistence on achievement tasks
  • more highly motivated to learn when they are given hoices and become absorbed in challenges that match their skills and receive rewards that have informational value but are used for control
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Intrinsic Motivation

What is self-determination and personal choice?

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students believe that they are doing something because of their own will, not because of external success or rewards
-> internal motiation and intrinsic interest in school task

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extrinsic & intrinsic motivation

what increases when students have some choice and some opportunity to take personal responsibility for their learning?

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internal motivation and intrinsic interest in school tasks

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Instrinsic motivation

What is optimal experiences and flow?

what do people report?

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optimal experiences involve feelings of deep enjoyment and happiness

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intrinsic motivation

what is flow?

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describes optimal experiences in life
-> sense of mastery and absorbation in a state of concentration while engaging in an activity
-> task neither too difficult (learned helplessness), nor too easy (boring)

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Intrinsic motivation

What does students perceived level of challenge paired with their perceived level of their own skill lead to?

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low - low: apathy
low - high: boredom
high - low: anxiety
high - high: flow

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Intrinsic motivaiton

what are different kinds of interest?

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individual interest: thought to be relatively stable
situational interest: believed to be generated by specific aspects of a task activity

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Intrinsic motivation

What is Cognitive Engagement and Self- Responsibility?

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  • Creating learning environments that encourage students to become cognitively engaged
  • get students to master ideas rather than simply doing enough work to just pass grades
  • connect subject matter content and skills (learning with meaningful contexts - real world situations)
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Extrinsic & Intrinsic Motivation

what is the overwhelming conclusion of motivation reasearch?

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  • teachers should encourage children to become intrinsically motivated
  • environments to promote students cognitive engagement and self-responsibilty for learning
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Motivation

what kind of motivation does the real world include?

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Extrinsic & Intrinsic

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