Motivation - created from Mind Map

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Definition

The result of the interaction between the individual and the situation.

Three key elements

intensity

direction

persistence

Attached Study Aids

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Contemporary Theories of motivation

Self-determination theory

Goal-setting theory

self-efficacy theory

Reinforcement theory

Equity theory

Expectancy theory

People prefer to feel they have control over their actions

Anything that makes a previously enjoyed task feel more like an obligation than a freely chosen activity will undermine motivation

Basic premise

Relationship between goals and performance

Difficult goals

increasing self-efficacy

vicarious modelling

verbal persuassion

arousal

enactive mastery

can be four different situations:

other-inside

self-inside

self-outside

other-outside

Vrooms expectancy theory

the strength of a tendency to act in a certain way depends on the strength of an expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and on the attractiveness of the outcome to the individual

Motivation