Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Rein, Abusive Power And Control, Contingency Management

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

Document Summary

Some motivational factors can be easily changed while others are more difficult to influ- ence. Both the situation and personal traits motivate participants. It is important for a leader to understand what motivates a participant. Multiple motives (e. g. lifting weights for body image and for a social activity) Competing motives (e. g. exercise after work but also be with family) Motives change over time (people have different interests as they get older: structure or change to the environment to enhance motivation. Appealing to an indi- vidual"s motivation: critical role of the leader in influencing the motivation of the participants (coaching style, undesirable motives can be changed through behavior modification techniques (neg- ative motivations can be changed to positive motivations) Token rewards as motivators **3 lectures will be spent on chapter 6** Reward: things used to modify or manipulate behavior- material reward. Reinforcement: personal interactions- verbal and non-verbal (more info. later) Operant conditioning (manipulating behavior based on its consequence)