KIN 247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Derek Redmond, Achievement Orientation, Group Cohesiveness
14 Jan 2017
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Derek redmond- british sprinter and 400 meter, highly decorated, gold medals, 400-semifinalist in summer olympics, barcelona. Reward/ zero-sum definintion: rewards are distributed unequally based on performance outcome. Social evaluation definition: comparison with some individual"s performance with some standard of excellence with at least one other person who is aware of this criterion, and can then evaluate this process. Reserved for a subset of achievements that involve social evaluation. How the athlete perceives the competition at hand. Rewarding of the collective achievements of people working together. Group success depends on everyone and not just one person. There are individual, cooperative, and completion means and ends, and there can be any variation/combo. Cooperative with competitive ends- any team sports, group of people work together to beat the opposing team. Competition issues- rigid, judgmental, no fun, too goal orientation, Depends on the goal of the activity at hand.
