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Planning and Motivation - Coggle Diagram
Planning and Motivation
Goal Properties
Specifity
Feeling of satisfaction
Provide clear standard for the process
Determine the required effort
Proximity
Short-term goals result in greater motivation than distant goals
Proximal (short-term) goals
achieved more quickly
Allow you to evaluate the process clearly and frequently
Difficulty Level
perception of the difficulty of a task influences the amount of effort you will invest in the task
working toward difficult goals build self-efficacy
Goal Setting
Process
Making implementation plans: defining each task, providing a deadline
Implementing the plan
Generating and evaluting alternative
Evalutating your process
Identifying and defining the goal: SMART
Attainable
Realistic
Measurable
Specific
Timely
Goal-setting elements
Commitment
Feedback
Challange
Goal-setting strategies
Specifity
Introduction to motivation
Internal factors
Task value
: seeing the utility & importance
Goal orientation
Mastery orientation (= learning as much as possible)
Vs. performance orientation (outperforming others)
Self-efficacy
: belief that you can successfully complete a task
Causal attributions
Def: the process of starting, directing, and maintaining physical and psychological activities → Motivation is a personal act that requires self-regulation
Reasons for avoiding help-seeking
Believing that asking for help will undermine the sense of autonomy
Having a performance goal (rather than mastery goals) - perhaps including a desire to avoid
making mistakes - in combination with low ability
Perceiving requests for help as threatening the sense of competence and self-worth.
Being concerned about making a good impression on others and think that a request for
help might make them look stupid
Strategies to motivate yourself
Self-imposing consequences
Focusing on productive attribution
Enhancing the appeal of a task
Setting goals
Reminding themselves of the importance of doing well
Aligning assigned tasks with areas of interest
Minimizing enticing distractions