Psychology 1100E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Achievement Orientation, Motivation, Kurt Lewin

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1100E
• Professor: Irene Cheung

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The drive to perform at high levels and to accomplish significant goals . On a scale from 1 (not at all true of me) to 7 (very true of me). University sample - looking at orientation at start of course and then through it. Intrinsic motivation - something internal, i am interested and want to know this. University students with mastery-approach motivation at start of term have higher intrinsic motivation and other positive psychological outcomes (the opposite is found for those with performance-avoidance motivation) Performance-approach motivation is associated with highest performance. Mastery-avoidance motivation is not strongly associated with performance quality: characteristics of the achievement situation. Those with high need in achievement are likely to outperform those with low need in achievement when: People often hold multiple goals and they can sometimes conflict with one another. Approach goals: are goals that attract us.