PSYC 442 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Motivation
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Annie: self-compassion, achievement goals, and coping with academic failure. Study 1: link between self-compassion and academic achievement. Mastery goals are motivated by curiosity and the desire to learn. Performance goals are motivated by feelings of increased self-worth: mastery goals are more adaptive for academic achievement. Self-compassion will positively correlate with mastery goals. Self-compassion will negatively correlate with performance goals. Self-compassion will positively correlate with intrinsic motivation. The researchers also looked at intrinsic motivation and anxiety. Measures: scs, achievement goals, fear of failure, perceived competence, intrinsic motivation, anxiety, and self-reported gpa. + correlation with self-compassion and mastery goals. Correlation with self-compassion and fear of failure. + correlation with self-compassion and intrinsic motivation. Study 2: looked at the link between self-compassion and achievement goals after academic failure. Mindfulness and self-compassion will have a negative link. Measures: grade satisfaction, achievement goals, intrinsic motivation, perceived competence, and coping with failure (using the three strategies). Scs correlated + with intrinsic motivation and performance goals.
