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| • Why are we motivated to achieve? |
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| o Bernard Weiner, cognitive coherence, motivation to understand the world |
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| weiner 4 elements involved in how we interpret outcomes: |
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| • 3 dimensions in achievement: |
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o stability
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o control |
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| • Success or Failure? expectations |
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| • Expectations are dependent on past experiences |
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| effort and which task I choose(task difficulty |
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| • Clicker: your ability to complete a task such as passing an exam would be described as: |
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| internal and stable, not controllable. |
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| • Each causal dimension will determine |
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| the emotions that are experienced• This controls the level of motivation |
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| • Clicker: what sort of emotions would not be expected if sucess was attributed to ability: |
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| will not fill it is due to luck |
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| Carol Dwek- achievement is either avoiding or seeking out challenges |
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• Seeking- mastery orientation, want to prove yourself
• Avoiding- helpless orientation
• Competence |
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| Need for achievement (nAch) |
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