MOTIVATION & BEHAVIOUR Flashcards
(44 cards)
What is motivation?
- motivation is the foundation of sport performance
and achievement - the general desire or willingness of someone to do something
- derived from the individual’s psychological tendencies and on aspects of the social environment in which they develop, train and compete.
What is the direction of effort?
- refers to whether an individual seeks out, approaches, or is attracted to certain situations
What is intensity effort?
- refers to how much effort a person puts forth in a particular situation
What is the relationship between direction of effort and intensity?
- direction affects intensity
- ex.) if you are late for class (direction), how good is your effort (intensity)?
What is a trait centred view of motivation?
- motivated behaviour is primarily a function of individual characteristics
- therefore the athletes characteristic, needs, goals are primary determinants of motivated behaviour
What is a situation centred view of motivation?
- motivation level is determined primarily by the situation.
What is an interaction view of motivation?
- motivation results neither solely from participant factors, nor situational factors, but how these two factors interact
What are some personal factors that affect motivation?
- personality
- needs
- interests
- goals
What are some situational factors that affect motivation?
- leader-coach style
- facility attractiveness
- team win-loss record
What is intrinsic motivation?
- motivation that stems directly from an action rather than a reward
- doing an activity for its inherent satisfaction
What is extrinsic motivation?
- behaviour that is driven by external rewards such as money, fame, grades, and praise
What are some aspects to consider in regards for a realistic view of motivation?
- autonomy
- mastery
- purpose
What are the guidelines for building motivation?
- both situations and traits motivate people
- people have multiple motives for involvement
- change the environment to enhance motivation
- leaders influence motivation
- use behaviour modifications to change undesirable participant motives
What is autonomy in regards to motivation?
- autonomy occurs when humans have control, task, time, technique and team.
- control leads to compliance, autonomy leads to engagement.
- autonomy involves learning, working with passion, and embracing your mistakes
What are the three approaches to understanding motivation for behavioural change?
- behavioural approaches
- cognitive approaches
- cognitive behavioural approaches
What is the behavioural approach when looking at motivation?
- focuses on conditioning
- learning from the environment
- operant conditioning
- vicarious conditioning
- operant strategies
What is the cognitive approach when looking at motivation?
- emphasizes the role of thought patterns and cognitive habits that determine behaviour.
- looks at the individuals interpretation of the external environment.
- automatic thought processes, cognitive errors and core beliefs can be altered
What is the cognitive-behavioural approach when looking at motivation?
- cognitions influence emotions and behaviour
- behaviour affects thought patterns & emotions
- self-monitoring, goal setting, feedback, decision making
What is achievement motivation?
- refers to a person’s effort to master a task, achieve excellence, overcome obstacles, perform better than others, and take pride in exercising talent
- a person’s orientation to strive for task success, persist in the face of failure and experience pride in accomplishments
- also known as competitiveness
What is competitiveness?
- a disposition to strive for satisfaction when making comparisons with some standard of excellence in the presence of evaluative others
- an achievement behaviour in a competitive context, with social evaluation as a key component
What is the theory of planned behaviour?
- highlights personal/social factors as influencing behaviour and intention to perform
What are the three main antecedents of the theory of planned behaviour?
- attitude reflects positive and negative evaluation of engaging
- subjective norms reflect social pressure to perform
- perceived behavioural control reflects extent behaviour is volitional
What are some applications of the theory of planned behaviour?
- focus intervention on enhancing individuals intentions
- improve attitude by increasing knowledge of benefits
What is the self-determination theory?
- people naturally endowed with innate tendencies for personal growth and development & flourish when social environments are optimal