Ch 12 Motivation in Learning and Teaching (cont.)

Question 1

White’s competence motivation (4)

Answer 1

• natural impulse to feel competent
• develop a drive for mastery
• competence -> drive for mastery
• confidence -> curiosity

Question 2

mastery experiences/enactive influences

Answer 2

• past performance

- successful history -> confidence

Question 3

vicarious influences

Answer 3

info derived from social comparison

Question 4

persuasion influences

Answer 4

self-persuasion or that of others

Question 5

physiological emotional influences

Answer 5

• how we feel about whether we are: comfortable, capable, etc

Question 6

Weiner/Dweck Attribution theory

Answer 6

• expected performance depends on perception individual holds for causes of success/failure

Question 7

attributions (w/d)

Answer 7

explanations given for our performance

Question 8

locus

Answer 8

(dimension of attribution) degree to which cause is believed to be internal/external to the person

Question 9

stability

Answer 9

(dimension of attribution)

degree to which cause is stable (fixed) /unstable (varies in time)

Question 10

controllability

Answer 10

(dimension of attribution)

degree to which cause is controlled by person

Question 11

weiner’s attribution theory

Answer 11

• dimension classification vs reason for failure

- how explanations/justifications/excuses influence motivation/behaviour

Question 12

entity theory vs incremental theory (dweck)

Answer 12

e: ability fixed/unmodifiable
i: modifiable

Question 13

ego-involved learners

Answer 13

concerned w/what others think of them

Question 14

epistemological beliefs

Answer 14

beliefs about structure, stability, certainty of knowledge, and how knowledge is best learned

Question 15

achievement motivation (McClelland/Atkinson)

Answer 15

2 desires: achieve/excel, avoid failure

Question 16

resultant motivation

Answer 16

tendency that is stronger given a need to achieve and need to avoid failure

Question 17

atkinson’s expectancy-valence model

Answer 17

• motivation = perceived probability of success X incentive value of success

Question 18

problem-based learning

Answer 18

authentic task; realistic problems that don’t necessarily have right answers