B.2 motivation

“the internal mechanisms and external stimuli which arouse and direct our behaviour”

“An individual’s drive to achieve success for its own sake”

measure their success based on beating others and being the best (Extrinsic motivation)

psychological state that makes people give up very easily if a task seems difficult. (Failure is inevitable) - LH can be caused by lack of success, low confidence, bad luck - believe that success is due to luck and not repeatable

measure their success against themselves, how well they complete a task (personal bests) (Intrinsic motivation)

NACH- welcomes challenges and competition (need to achieve) example: will be willing to take on tough competitors NAF- avoid competitive situations (need to avoid failure) example: will volunteer others as they will be too nervous

Intrinsic -Player may lose interest -difficult to maintain levels of interest Extrinsic -only want to play for material rewards decreases intrinsic motivation -want to win, less focus is put on personal improvement -more likely to avoid difficult competitions

Internal is when you believe the outcome is a response of your ability or effort. External is when you believe the outcome is a response of task difficulty or luck.

Is whether you believe the outcome is controllable (by yourself) or uncontrollable (not by yourself)

Is whether you believe the outcome is with stable (same outcome will occur every time) or unstable (outcome will vary) example: if you win against your opponent six times , likely to think you are gonna win against your oppone

Definition an alertness or state of reediness (ranging from deep sleep to intense alertness) of the body for an action 1.It is neutral and can be triggered by both pleasant/positive and unpleasant/negative situations 2. It is how motivated/interested/excited an athlete is prior to and throughout the performance

-comes from an outside source (external factor) -intangible - raise from coaches -tangible - winning a trophy

-comes from within (internal factor) -pride and satisfaction of having a good game -can come from a need, a desire to learn to swim to survive

Suggests that one of the differences between high & low achievers is the way in which each group develops attribution about success and failure