Module 16: Self Theories Flashcards
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A tendency to engage in an activity for it’s own sake or out of interest, which can be achieved through feelings of competence
Intrinsic Motivation
Engaging in a behavior for external reasons such as rewards, praise, grades, or recognition
Extrinsic Motivation
An expectation that we are capable of performing a task or succeeding in an activity.
Self-Efficacy
Beliefs that particular actions lead to particular outcomes.
Outcome Expectations
Beliefs that we have the requisite knowledge or skills to achieve the outcome
Efficacy Expectations
Students’ self-efficacy improves when they achieve mastery and attribute their success to ability or effort
Past performance
Observing the performance of someone else, can help an individual develop self-efficacy
Vicarious Experiences
Reassuring individuals that they will succeed or encouraging their efforts can foster positive self-efficacy
Verbal Persuasion
Fatigue, stress, and anxiety often are interpreted as indicators of a lack of competence
States of Emotional Arousal
The ability to control one’s emotions, cognitions, and behaviors by providing consequences to oneself
Self-Regulation
A belief by teachers that they have the skills necessary to teach all students effectively
Teacher Efficacy
They are intrinsically motivated because they value ability as a tool to achieve mastery on personally meaningful goals.
Success-Oriented students
Like Success-Oriented students, they are motivated by high expectations for success, but they have an excessive fear of failure
Overstrivers
They are highly motivated to avoid failure, but they do not have high expectations for success
Failure-avoiding Students
They neither approach success nor avoid failure
Failure-accepting Students
A sense of being securely connected to others
Relatedness
A freedom to pursue goals and activities that are personally relevant and interesting to us
Self-determination
A lack of motivation
Amotivation
The least autonomous form of extrinsic motivation, these individuals perform behaviors in response to external contingencies: Rewards, Punishments, deadlines
External Regulation
A form of extrinsic motivation in which individuals engage in an activity to comply with external pressure
Introjected Regulation
A slightly internalized form of regulation that approximates intrinsic motivation, in which, individuals identify with the value of an activity, have accepted regulation of the activity as their own.
Identified Regulation
Occurs when individuals have fully accepted extrinsic regulations by integrating them with other aspects of their values and identity
Integrated Regulation
The most self-determined and autonomous form of motivation
Intrinsic Motivation
