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Sport & Exercise Psychology
Dr. Schilling's first exam
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Sports
Undergraduate 3
12/14/2011

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Term
Motivation
Definition
the direction and intensity of effort
Term
What are the views of motivation?
Definition
Participant- or trait-centered view
Situation-centered view
Interactional view
Term
what are the main motives for involvement in sports?
Definition
Improving skills
Having fun
Being with friends
Experiencing thrills and excitement
Achieving success
Developing fitness
Term
what are the main motives for involvement in exercise?
Definition
Joining:
Health factors
Weight loss
Fitness
Self-challenge
Feeling better

Continuing:
Enjoyment
Liking instructor
Liking type of activity
Social factors
Term
Attribution Theory
Definition
How people explain their successes and failures
Term
Basic attribution categories
Definition
Stability, locus of causality, locus of control
Term
Competitiveness
Definition
is a disposition to strive for satisfaction when making comparisons with some standard of excellence in the presence of evaluative others (SOCIAL comparison)
Term
Achievement motivation
Definition
is a person’s orientation to strive for task success, persist in the face of failure, and experience pride in accomplishments (SELF comparison)
Term
Achievement Motivation Influences
Definition
Choice of activities
Effort to pursue goals
Intensity of effort
Persistence in the face of failure
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