EDPSY 014 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: The Need, Learned Helplessness, Unconditional Positive Regard
12 Mar 2014
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Intrinsic motivation- motivation to be involved in an activity for its own sake: ex. Studying to understand the course content: motivated by experiences that: Promote autonomy (feel they have influence over and can control their own learning) Evoke curiosity: extrinsic and intrinsic motivation are on separate continuum you can be high in both, low in both, or high in. Fascination in harry potter or sesame street: motivation to learn students" tendencies to find academic activities meaningful and worthwhile and try to get one, low in the other. the intended learning benefits from them. Evidence that knowledge and skills are increasing = most important factor in perceiving competence: autonomy- independence and the ability to alter the environment when necessary. Related to competence as competence increases, so does perception of autonomy: relatedness- the feeling of being connected to others in one"s social environment and feeling worthy of love and respect.
