Motivation

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Motivation

• Achievement Motivation the Need to Belong

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Humans as Social Animals

• Baumeister and Leary (1995)
• Aiding Survival
• Wanting to Belong
• Acting to Increase Social Acceptance
• Maintaining Relationships
• Fortifying Health

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Achievement Motivation

• Motives that do not satisfy physical needs.
• Henry Murray(1938)
• First to define achievement motivation
• Murray, McClelland and Atkinson
• Peoples fantasies reflect their concern for
  achievement
• Geen, 1984
• What type of task to people with high achievement
  motivation prefer?
• Cooper, 1983
• Ring Toss game

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Sources of Achievement Motivation

• Teevan and McGhee (1972)
• Emotional Roots
• Cognitive Roots

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Intrinsic Extrensic Motivation

• Ryan, 1980
• Extrinsic motivation in sports can undermine
  intrinsic motivation.
• Bergin (1991)
• Religion motivation