A Motivated Exploration of Motivation Terminology - Anitacrawley.net

MOTIVATION TERMINOLOGY 19Pajares & Miller Math 350 Ugrad. Self-efficacy E ‘‘. . . people’s judgments of their capabilities to organize(1994) and execute courses of action required to attain designatedtypes of performances.’’ (Bandura, 1986, p.391) . . . context-specific assessment of competence toperform a specific taskSchraw & Dennison Text passage Expt. 1, Ugrad Interest X(1994) 60 Individual interest E An enduring predisposition, of personal value, and topic-Expt. 2, specific46 Situational interest E Information that is assumed to be transitory, environmen-Expt. 3, tally activated, and context-specific80 (Purpose-driven inter- E A special form of situational interestest)Vrugt (1994) Psych. 206 Ugrad. Perceived self-efficacy E ‘‘. . . people’s judgments of their capabilities to organizeand execute courses of action required to attain designatedtypes of performances.’’ (Bandura, 1989, p.395)Whang & Hancock Math 353 4th, 5th, 6th Attribution I(C) Perceptions of why an event has occurred which has an(1994) effect on subsequent actionIntrinsic motivation E Meaning that a task is performed because it isrewarding within itself not because of a reward to beearned as a consequenceExtrinsic motivation E Performing a task to get something outside of the activityitselfTask-involvement E Similar to intrinsic motivation in that one is preoccupied(goal) with learning or understanding and learning is valuedas an end in itselfEgo-involved (goal) E Concerned with how others perceive their performance,as well as with their own self-perception . . . focus onself rather than the material to be learnedInterest XMotivation XAlexander, Jetton, & Human Expt. 1, Pre-med. Interest XKulikowich imm. & 47 Grad. Motivation X(1995) biology Expt. 2, Individual interest I(C, R) A deep-seated interest characterized by the desire to78 develop competence and display a personal investmentin the targeted field; Hidi (1990) Schiefele (1991)Situational interest E More transitory, short-lived . . . Hidi (1990) has labeledthis less substantive or less durable for of interest assituational to signify its highly contextualized, and situation-specificnature