Lecture 5

Question 1

Fundamental achievement goal is:

Answer 1

• Perceived Ability /perceived competence

Question 2

Goal Orientation (~ ‘trait-like’)

Answer 2

• Task (mastery)
• Ego (outcome)

Question 3

Goal states

Answer 3

• Task-involved (mastery)
• Ego-involved (outcome)

Question 4

Perceived Ability / Perceived Competence

Answer 4

‘How’ we define success/failure

Question 5

Two major conceptions of ability

Answer 5

-> Task- vs. Ego-involved

Question 6

Task Orientation

Answer 6

• Focus on task/skill mastery
• Sport is ‘an and in itself’
• Self-focus (~’Intrinsic’)
  “how to win”

Question 7

Ego Orientation

Answer 7

• Focus on social comparison and competition
• Sport is a ‘means to an end’
• Ego= related to pride and shame
• Other-focus (~extrinsic)
  “winning”

Question 8

GO’s are orthogonal (independent) not…

Answer 8

not bipolar

Question 9

Goal Oreintation ‘Profile’ each individual has a Goal Orientation ‘Profile’ of

Answer 9

both Task & Ego GO

Question 10

Best profile?

Answer 10

• Hi task/ Mod ego (buffering hypothesis)

Question 11

Worst profile?

Answer 11

Low Task/Hi Ego -> risk of dropout or burnout….

Question 12

Each goal orientation ‘profile’ represents an individuals unique

Answer 12

definition of success

Question 13

Goal states

Answer 13

situation specific :how you feel right now

Question 14

Goal states are dynamic
Influenced

Answer 14

context and social environment
Goal Orientations (P) & Motivation Climate ( E )
->leads to types of goal-involvement (states)

Question 15

Task-involved (mastery); leads to ‘adaptive’ behaviours…

Answer 15

Persist in face of failure
Select Challenging tasks
Be intrinsically interested in the task

Question 16

Ego-involved (outcome)- sometimes leads to ‘Maladaptive’ beh

Answer 16

Engage in maladaptive beh to avoid showing incompetence
* Avoid task altogether
* Avoid challenge
* Exert little effort
* Reduce persistence in face of difficulty
> Dropout if failure persists

Question 17

AGT-Motivational ‘Outcomes’

Answer 17

Motivational implications of being Task involved or Ego involved or a Task/ego state ‘Profile’…

Question 18

AGT-Motivational ‘Outcomes’ = 7 Outcomes

Answer 18

1. Performance
2. Affect & Intrinsic Motivation:
3. Stress/Anxiety
4. Effort & persistence
5. Athlete Burnout (AB)
6. Moral functioning & aggression
7. Psychological Well being

Question 19

Performance
Task involved ->
Ego involved ->

Answer 19

increases performance
Increases performance; only if Hi-PA

Question 20

Affect & Intrinsic Motivation:
Task involved ->
Task involved ->

Ego involved ->
Ego involved ->

Answer 20

-increase +ve affect/emotion
- increase int Mot

• decrease +ve affect/emotion
  -decrease int Mot

Question 21

Stress/Anxiety
Ego-involved ->

Answer 21

Increase pre performance stress /anxiety

Question 22

Effort & persistence
Task involved ->
Task involved ->

Answer 22

• increases effort in challenging tasks
  -increases persistence (rel. to dropout?)

Question 23

Athlete Burnout (AB)
Ego involved ->

Answer 23

• increases risk of AB; if Lo-PA

Question 24

Moral functioning & aggression
Ego involved ->

Answer 24

Decreases sportspersonship, increase cheating and increases agression

Question 25

Task involved -> increase prosocial beh Ego involved -> increase antisocial beh

Answer 25

(care for other people involved) (don’t give a fuck about anyone else)

Question 26

Psychological Well being Task involved-> Ego involved->

Answer 26

increases SWB (subjective well being) decrease SWB