Contemporary Issues in Health and Exercise HPP301 Week Nine
Learning Outcomes • • • • •
Recap of behavioural regulation Intrinsic motivation Q&A session if needed Appropriate reading Tutorial time is required
Motivation • “To be motivated means to be moved to do something. A person who feels no impetus or inspiration to act is thus characterized as unmotivated, whereas someone who is energized or activated toward an end is considered motivatedâ€? (Ryan & Deci, 2000)
How Much Motivation? • Moth theories prior to SDT attempted to measure how much motivation • Implicit assumption that motivation is a unitary construct • These theories and models provided an inadequate account of the evidence
What Kind of Motivation? • Modern research examines what kind of motivation • Evidence suggests that there are several different kinds of motivation • These types reflect differing underlying attitudes and drives that fuel motivation • Broadly these can be divided into: – Extrinsic refers to doing something because it leads to a separable outcome – Intrinsic refers to doing something because it is inherently interesting or enjoyable
Continuum of Motivation
Intrinsic Motivation • Lies at the end of the motivational continuum • Proposed as an explanation as to why people act without a perceived reward • Proposed as an explanation for play and althruism
Intrinsic Motivation • Refers to doing an activity or behaviour for its own sake • Inherent pleasure or satisfaction derived from participation alone • Found to contribute positively to engagement within, and quality of, learning experiences
Measurement • How do you think intrinsic motivation can be measured? – In adults? – In children?
• Self report measures – Validated questionnaires designed to elicit intrinsic motivation
• Free-choice paradigm – How much time to people spend doing something out of free choice
• Ideally both
Robustness • Intrinsic motivation is robust to a number of potentially negative situations – Persistence – Interest – Quality of output
• However, we have seen that it can be harmed – Undermining percieved • Autonomy • Competence • Relatedness
Facilitating Intrinsic Motivation • We should know how to do this by now… – Autonomy • Individuals perceive that they possess agency in performing an activity or behaviour
– Competence • Individuals perceive that they possess efficacy in an activity
– Relatedness • Individuals perceive that they increase their social network or positive regard in an activity
– This concludes the facilitating motivational change element of the module
Next Week • Your 15 minute presentation assessment
• Tutorial time available now • Email support available this week given reasonable notice