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B.2 Motivation - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Select challenging tasks
      - Display a high level of effort
      - Continue to try hard in difficult situations
      - Focus on the pride of success
  - - - Avoid challenging activities
      - Exert less effort when they take part
      - Exert less persistence when they take part
      - Focus on the shame of failure
- - - - Stable vs unstable
      - The cause is unchanging
      - The cause is within (internal) or outside (external) an individual
      - For instance, factors like mood and ability are internal causes
      - Whereas luck and teacher bias are external causes
    - - Internal vs external
    - - Controllable vs uncontrollable
      - Refers to factors that we either can or cannot control
      - Factors like skill and competence are classified as controllable, whereas luck and mood are classified as uncontrollable
    - - Perception vs self-esteem
      - Any cognitive or perceptual process that is distorted by the need to maintain and enhance self-esteem
      - A student who attributes earning a good grade on an exam to their own intelligence and preparation but attributes earning a poor grade to the teacher’s poor teaching ability or unfair test questions is exhibiting the self-serving bias.
    - - Negative expectations
      - An individual has negative expectations and thinks failure is inevitable, despite their clear ability to change their behaviour or performance. They feel 'doomed' to failure