Achievement Motivation Theory
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- Achievement motivation theory
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- According to McClelland et al (1961) we can understand achievement motivation in terms of 2 factors
- Motivation to succeed and fear of failure
- Motivation to succeed is understood in this theory to come from intrinsic motivation- pleasure derived from taking part
- Fear of failure is determined by our own level of competitive anxiety
- Motivation to succeed and fear of failure
- Whenever we enter a sporting situation we experience an approach-avoidance conflict
- We want to approach the situation in order to enjoy taking part but we also want to avoid it to escape the anxiety of taking part
- If intrinsic motivation to take part in sport is greater than anxiety then we will be motivated to achieve highly
- Achievement motivation= intrinsic motivation- competitive anxiety
- Individuals who are high in intrinsic motivation and low in anxiety are likely to be motivated to succeed at high levels
- Those who are low in intrinsic motivation and high in anxiety are likely to experience difficulty in competitive sport
- According to McClelland et al (1961) we can understand achievement motivation in terms of 2 factors
- Evaluation
- The model is helpful in understanding why athletes respond differently to different levels of competition
- The main problem of the McClelland model is that it cannot be used to predict successful performance
- Research has found that those high in achievement motivation as calculated from intrinsic motivation and anxiety do not consistently do better in competition than those low in achievement motivation
- A further problem is that the model does not take into account gender differences
- It seems that some women may still fear to enter into competition even when intrinsic motivation is high and anxiety low
- Nicholls (1984) suggests that the term 'achievement'used in the model is too vague and that we need to distinguish between achievement of skill and achievement of tangible rewards
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