PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Motivation
3 Mar 2020
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Scanlon"s (1992) model of sports commitment: commitment = desire and resolve to continue sports participation, function of five factors, sports enjoyment. Involvement alternatives: social constraints, missing factor: competition. Try to beat the other person vs. do your best : always allowed to beat the other person. Csikzentmihalyi, 1975: reasons for enjoying basketball, competition/measuring self vs. others, development of personal skills, friendships, activity itself, enjoyment of experience/use of skills, measuring self against own ideals, prestige/glamour/rewards, emotional release. A resolution: reeve and deci (1996: examined whether competition can sometimes decrease and sometimes enhance intrinsic motivation, competition/lose. Psyc471: human motivation: competition/controlling, competition/informational, manipulations, non-controlling competitions. Try to outperform the other person by solving the puzzles faster : controlling competition. It doesn"t matter how fast or slow you solve each puzzle, or whether you figure out how the puzzle works, the only thing that matters is that you win the competition. So focus all of your attention on being the winner.
