A Motivated Exploration of Motivation Terminology - Anitacrawley.net

12 MURPHY AND ALEXANDERTABLE 2Motivation Terms and Corresponding DefinitionsDefinitionalclarity E/IAuthor/year Domain/task N Grade Term (C, O, R) DefinitionBandura & Schunk Math 40 7.3–10.1 Motivation I(O) Drives(1981) years of Agency Xage Intrinsic motivation XGoal I(C) Standards that activate the evaluative process or courseof one’s behaviorSelf-efficacy E Concerned with judgments about how well one can organizeand execute courses of action required to dealwith perspective situations containing many ambiguous,unpredictable, and often stressful elementsInterest (individual, I(C) Refers to activities that people enjoy doing for their ownintrinsic) sakeCompetence (per- I(C) Abilityceived)Meece, Blumen- Science 275 5th, 6th Goal orientation E Set of behavioral intentions that determine how studentsfeld, & Hoyle approach and engage in learning activities(1988) Perceived competence I(O) Self-perceptions of academic abilityAttributions XMotivation I(C) GoalsTask-mastery goal E Students sought to independently master and to understandtheir workMastery goal I(R) Ames & Ames (1984)Learning goal I(R) Dweck & Elliott (1983)Performance goal I(R) Dweck & Elliott (1983)Task-involved goal I(R) Nicholls, Patashnick, & Nolen (1985)Extrinsic motivation I(C) Preference for social approval and reinforcement; usuallydeveloped by children with low perceived abilityEgo-involved goal I(R) Nicholls, Patashnick, & Nolen (1985)Ego or social goal E Students sought to demonstrate high ability or please theteacher