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Understanding Motivation: Definitions, Guidelines, and Theories, Quizzes of Kinesiology

The concept of motivation through various definitions, guidelines for building it, and theories that explain why people behave the way they do. Topics include the direction and intensity of effort, multiple motives for involvement, and achievement motivation and competitiveness.

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2011/2012

Uploaded on 02/15/2012

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TERM 1
What Is Motivation?
DEFINITION 1
the direction and intensity of effort
TERM 2
Direction of effort refers to
DEFINITION 2
whether an individual seeks out, approaches, or is attracted
to situations
TERM 3
Intensity of effort refers to
DEFINITION 3
how much effort an individual puts forth in a situation.
TERM 4
True or False Direction and intensity of effort
are closely related.
DEFINITION 4
true
TERM 5
Five Guidelines for Building Motivation:
Guidelines 1 and 2
DEFINITION 5
Guideline 1: Both situations and traits motivate
people. Guideline 2: People have multiple motives for
involvement. Understand why people participate in
physical activity.
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What Is Motivation?

the direction and intensity of effort TERM 2

Direction of effort refers to

DEFINITION 2 whether an individual seeks out, approaches, or is attracted to situations TERM 3

Intensity of effort refers to

DEFINITION 3 how much effort an individual puts forth in a situation. TERM 4

True or False Direction and intensity of effort

are closely related.

DEFINITION 4 true TERM 5

Five Guidelines for Building Motivation:

Guidelines 1 and 2

DEFINITION 5 Guideline 1: Both situations and traits motivate people. Guideline 2: People have multiple motives for involvement. Understand why people participate in physical activity.

5 Motives for Involvement

  1. People participate for more than one reason. 2. People may have competing motives for involvement.
  2. People have both shared and unique motives. 4. Motives change over time. 5. Motives differ across cultures TERM 7

Five Guidelines for Building Motivation:

Guideline 3

DEFINITION 7 Guideline 3: Change the environment to enhance motivation. -Provide both competitive and recreational opportunities. -Provide for multiple motives and opportunities. -Adjust to individuals within groups. TERM 8

Five Guidelines for Building Motivation:

Guidelines 4 and 5

DEFINITION 8 Guideline 4: Leaders influence motivation directly and indirectly. Guideline 5: Use behavior modification to change undesirable participant motives. TERM 9

Achievement motivation

DEFINITION 9 a persons orientation to strive for task success, persist in the face of failure, and experience pride in accomplishments TERM 10

Competitiveness

DEFINITION 10 disposition to strive for satisfaction when making comparisons with some standard of excellence in the presence of evaluative others

Social goal

orientation

Judging competence in terms of affiliation with the group and recognition of being liked by others TERM 17

Task (mastery) goal

orientation

DEFINITION 17 Improving relative to ones own past performances TERM 18

Outcome goal orientation (or competitive goal

orientation)

DEFINITION 18 Comparing performance with and defeating others. TERM 19

2 Keys of Achievement Goal Theory

DEFINITION 19 Focus extra attention on task-oriented goals. Foster mastery or task motivational climates. TERM 20

2 Keys of Competence Motivation

Theory

DEFINITION 20 People are motivated to feel worthy or competent. Feelings of competence and worth, as well as perceptions of control, determine motives

6 Things Achievement Motivation Says About

High Achievers

  1. High motivational orientation to achieve success 2. Low motivation orientation to avoid failure 3. Focus on the pride of success 4. Ascribe success to stable and internal factors within their control 5. Ascribe failure to unstable and external factors outside their control 6. Usually adopt task goals TERM 22

6 Things Achievement Motivation Says About

Low Achievers

DEFINITION 22

  1. Low motivational orientation to achieve success 2. High motivational orientation to avoid failure 3. Focus on shame and worry that may result from failure 4. Ascribe success to unstable and external factors outside their control 5. Ascribe failure to stable and internal factors within their control 6. Usually adopt outcome goals