A Motivated Exploration of Motivation Terminology - Anitacrawley.net

14 MURPHY AND ALEXANDERTABLE 2—ContinuedDefinitionalclarity E/IAuthor/year Domain/task N Grade Term (C, O, R) DefinitionKroll & Ford (1992) Intro. psych. 230 Ugrad. Ego orientation (goal) E Goal of demonstrating high ability to self or others, preferablyby mastery without expending much effortMotivation (goal) ori- I(C) Two forms—ego and taskentationTask goal E Focus on the task rather than on the self. . .increaseunderstanding for its own sake irrespective of one’sown ability or effort relative to othersMone & Baker Intro. bus- 380 Ugrad. Self-efficacy E ‘‘. . . peoples’ judgments of their capabilities to organize(1992) iness and execute courses of action required to attain designatedtypes or performances . . .’’ (Bandura, 1986, p.391)Goal (personal) E Internal standards or referents toward which efforts willbe aimedAttribution E Causes for performancePerceived (task) com- I(C) Equated to self-efficacypetenceMotivation XPeterson (1992) Meas. & 96 Ugrad. Attribution E Students search for understanding of their academic pereval.formances making causal attributions to explain whythey achieved a specific outcome . . . where the dimensionsare locus, stability, and controllabilityMotivation XStader & Licht Achiev. 194 5th Attribution I(C) Achievement-related belief in which children blame their(1992) success or failure either on effort or abilityBergin, Ford, & Computer 94 kindergarten Motivation E The psychological processes involved in the direction,Hess (1993) task vigor, and persistence of behaviorButler (1993) Computer 188 Ugrad. Motivation Xtask Performance goal I(R) Dweck (1986)Ego-involvement E Where the main goal of achievement behavior is to dem-(goal) onstrate superior abilityLearning goal I(R) Dweck (1986)