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Motivation
Competitiveness
Aims for today:
Synoptic links
Drive theory – Hull, Spence, and other
behaviourists.
McClelland-Atkinson model
Based upon the concept that motivation is
generated through a combination of
personality and situational factors.
It focuses on:
The motive to achieve success
Fear of failure
If an individual’s self-confidence
associated with performing a certain
task is stronger than his/her fear of
failing the task, he/she will approach
and perform the task.
Achievement Motivation = Intrinsic
motivation – cognitive state anxiety
(worry caused by being in a certain
situation)
Does it predict behaviour?