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In a general psychological sense, motivation can be defined as - ✔✔the direction and intensity of one's
effort
In terms of motivational approaches, the "trait-centered view" focused on ___________ whereas the
"situation-centered view" takes primary focus on __________. The most widely accepted approach,
though, is the __________ view, which incorporates the previous two approaches. - ✔✔individual
characteristics, the environment/situation, interactional
Attribution theory focuses on - ✔✔how individuals explain their success and failure
According to Achievement Goal Theory, individuals can adopt certain outcome goal orientations. The
orientation towards skill development or improvement is labeled as ______. - ✔✔task/mastery
You are a U-15 soccer coach who notices that one of your athletes loses motivation after each error she
makes. She says, "It's always my fault and no matter how hard I train, I will always make mistakes".
According to Weiner's basic attribution categories, this athlete views her mistakes as ________. - ✔✔out
of one's control
Your textbook refers to arousal as the - ✔✔intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment
A low trait-anxious athlete (compared to a high trait-anxious athlete) would perceive competition as -
✔✔less threatening and less anxiety producing
________ concerns the degree to which one worries or has negative thoughts. - ✔✔cognitive state
anxiety
Hanin's individualized zones of optimal functioning (IZOF) model suggests that - ✔✔each individual has a
specific optimal bandwidth of arousal where performance is optimized
