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Motivation is described as (blank)

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direction and intensity of one’s effort

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Direction pertains to whether a person (blanks)

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seeks out or is attracted to certain situations

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Intensity pertains to how much (blank)

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effort a person puts forth in a given situation

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3 approaches to motivation

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  • trait-centered
  • situation-centered
  • interactional
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This approach to motivation is also known as the participant-centered view

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trait-centered

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In the trait-centered view, these are the determinants of motivated behavior

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individual characteristics

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True or False

Individual characteristics predispose people to be inherently motivated

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true

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In the situation centered view, these are the determinants of behavior

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situations

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The best approach to understanding motivation is the (blank) view

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interactional view

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This refers to the degree to which a person sees group involvement as an opportunity for social approval or rejection

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affiliation motivation

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When a person views group involvement as an opportunity for social approval, competition is seen as (blank)

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a positive state

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When a person views group involvement as an opportunity for social rejection, competition is seen as (blank)

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feeling threatened in activities in which she may let others down

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True or False

The best individual players make the best team

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False

best individual players do not necessarily make the best team

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5 common guidelines to building motivation

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  • consider both situations and traits
  • understand people’s motives for involvement
  • change the environment
  • influence motivation
  • use behavior modification to change undesirable motives
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The more common motive of the youth for physical/sport involvement

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competence and skill development

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The more common motive of adults for physical/sport involvement

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health

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3 ways to make the environment more motivating

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  • provide both competition and recreation
  • provide multiple opportunities
  • adjust to individuals within groups
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3 general needs according to the Self-Determination Theory

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  • competence
  • autonomy
  • connectedness
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True or False

A coach’s action can heavily influence the team

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true

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True or False

Gender and cultural differences affect motivation

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true

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This refers to a person’s orientation to strive for success, persist amidst failure, and experience pride in accomplishments

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achievement motivation

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Achievement motivation is known as (blank) in sports

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competitiveness

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Competitiveness is a disposition to strive for (blank)

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satisfaction

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A competitive disposition requires making (blank) with (blank)

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making comparisons with some standard of excellence

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A competitive decision requires the presence of (blank)
evaluative others
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4 outcomes influenced by achievement motivation
- choices of activities - efforts to pursue goals - intensity of effort - persistence
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4 theories of achievement motivation
- need achievement theory - attribution theory - achievement goal theory - competence motivation theory
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Need achievement theory considers both (blank) and (blank) factors as predictors of behavior
personal and situational
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5 components of the need achievement theory
- personality factors - situational factors - resultant tendency - emotional reactions - achievement behavior
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Personality factors are also known as (blank)
motives
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2 underlying achievement motives of each person
- achieve success | - avoid failure
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2 primary considerations when it comes to situational factors
- probability of success | - incentive value of success
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This is derived by considering an individual’s achievement motive levels in relation to situational factors
Resultant tendencies
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The need achievement theory is best for predicting situations where there is a (blank) chance of success
50-50
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This component refers to how much pride or shame a person experiences
emotional reactions
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This component refers to how the 4 other components interact to influence behavior
achievement-related behaviors
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2 most important contributions of the need achievement theory
- task preference | - performance predictions
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This theory focuses on how people explain their success and failures
attribution theory
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3 most basic attribution categories
- stability - locus of causality - locus of control
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This attribution category pertains to the expectancy of future success
stability
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2 components of stability
stable and unstable
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A stable attribution (blank) expectation of success
increases
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An unstable attribution (blank) expectation of success
decreases
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This attribution category pertains to various emotional influences
causality factors
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2 components of causality
internal and external
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An internal causal attribution (blank) pride or shame
increases
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An external causal attribution (blank) pride or shame
decreases
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This attribution category pertains to emotions that are either within or outside our control
locus of control
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A factor in one's control (blank) motivation
increases
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A factor out of one's control (blank) motivation
decreases
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This theory asserts that 3 interacting factors determine a person's motivation
achievement goal theory
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What are the 3 interacting factors under the achievement goal theory?
- achievement goals - perceived ability - achievement behavior
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5 types of goal orientations
- outcome/competitive goal orientation - task/mastery goal orientation - social goal orientation - entity goal orientation - incremental goal orientation
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This goal orientation refers to comparing the self with and defeating others
outcome/competitive goal orientation
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This goal orientation refers to improving the self relative to past performances
task/mastery goal orientation
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This goal orientation refers to competence being judged in terms of group affiliation and recognition
social goal orientations
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This goal orientation refers to ability to be fixed and unable to be changed
entity view
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This goal orientation refers to ability being enhanced through hard work and effort
incremental focus
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In a climate of master/task goal orientation, there are (blank)
more adaptive motivational patterns
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In a climate of outcome orientation, there are (blank)
less adaptive motivational patterns
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This theory pertains to perceptions of control working with self-worth and competence evaluations to influence motivation
competence motivation theory
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According to the competence motivation theory, motivational orientations, feedback, reinforcement, and self-esteem influence (blank)
affective states
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3 stages of developing achievement motivation and competitiveness
1. autonomous competence 2. social comparison stage 3. integrated stage
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The focus in the autonomous competence stage is (blank)
mastering their environment and self-testing
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The focus in the social comparison stage is (blank)
direct comparison of performance with peers
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The focus in the integrated stage is (blank)
knowing the appropriate time to compete and compare vs adopting self-referenced standards

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