Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Autotelic, Motivation, Autopilot

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1088A/B
• Professor: Bob La Rose

Document Summary

Competition and a focus on winning can act as an extrinsic informational reward f) particularly for males. Competitive success tends to increase intrinsic motivation while failure tends to decrease it. Emphasize information on performance (mastery) when relating competition results or else loosing = incompetence = decreased intrinsic motivation. Its not whether you win or lose but how you play the game . Asked if there are common pleasurable experiences in a variety of physical activities? (fun, enjoyment) Interviewed rock climbers, chess players, dancers, musicians, b-ball players. An autotelic feeling where the participant feels totally involved in the activity ( do the activity for the sheer joy of the doing ) Flow is attained when the participants perceived skills are equal to the demands or challenges of the task and the following conditions are present: Complete absorption in the activity so involved nothing else matters.