CPSY 4331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Learned Helplessness, Motivation, Collectivism
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The concept of achievement motivation: a basic aim of socialization is to build on children"s inborn mastery motivation to encourage them to pursue important objectives and to take pride in their accomplishments. Intrinsic motivation: a desire to achieve in order to satisfy one"s personal needs for competence or mastery. Extrinsic orientation: a desire to achieve in order to earn external incentives such as grades, prizes, or the approval of others. Theories of achievement motivation and achievement behavior: research testing mcclelland"s need achievement theory demonstrated that people reliably differ in achievement motivation (n ach) However, mcclelland"s notion that this one global motive would predict achievement behaviors in all contests was badly overstated: atkinson"s revision of need achievement theory pointed to who competing motives that influence the achievement behavior. Motive to achieve success (ms): atkinson"s term for the disposition describing one"s tendency to approach challenging tasks and take pride in mastering them; analogous to mcclelland"s need for achievement.
