Achievement Motivation Flashcards
1
Q
What is achievement motivation?
A
Links personality with the degree of competitiveness shown by an individual.
2
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What is Probability of Success?
A
The extent to which success is likely
3
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What is incentive value of success?
A
Intrinsic value experienced by the individual after success has been achieved.
4
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Qualities of NACH personality?
A
- Low need to avoid behaviour
- Desire to succeed outweighs the fear of failure
- Challenges accepted
- Risks Undertaken
- Shows persistence
- Attributed to internal factors when succeed
- Aspire to mastery orientation
5
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Qualities of NAF personality?
A
- Fear of failure outweighs the desire for success
- Avoidance behaviour adopted
- Challenge is rejected
- Risks are declined
- Success is attributed to external factors
- Adopt learned helplessness
6
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What is mastery orientation?
A
The strong motive to succeed found in the high achiever. This type of person will except to succeed but will persist when failure is experienced.
7
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What is learned helplessness?
A
The belief that failure is inevitable and that the individual has no control over the factors that cause failure
