Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Positive Mental Attitude, Motivation, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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

Document Summary

Desire to participate in an activity or task for its own sake, enjoyment, excitement, and challenge. Innate need to feel competent and self-determining when dealing with one"s environment (deci, 1975) Characterized by an ongoing process of seeking and attempting to conquer challenges that are optimal for one"s ability. How to measure intrinsic motivation: free choice involv ement in an activity time spent, presence of performance quality complexity, creativity, flexability, spontaneity, self-report questionnaires interest, enjoyment, satisfaction. Behaviour engaged in for reasons other than the activity itself external rewards. Activity becomes a means to an end- a way to an external reward or comply with the demands of others. Produces a feeling of external control resulting in compliance or defiance and us manifested by feelings of pressure, tension, or apprehension. ** intrinsic and extrinsic motives are on a continuum, they are interactive but not additive (see pg.