Motivation & Performance

Motivation & Performance




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Staff: Pepijn van de Pol, Ester Scherps, Erik Bijleveld
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Examination:
80% exam Multiple choice (3 answer options)
20% presentation in groups of 5
Both components have to be a 6 or higher.

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Motivation and Performance, Lecture 1: Intro & Needs.........................................................................3
How to answer the why question?......................................................................................................3
Psychological needs; psycho-biological perspective...........................................................................6
Motivation and Performance, (Web)Lecture 2: Needs...........................................................................8
Motivation and Performance, Lecture 3 & 4: Goals.............................................................................13
Motivation and Performance, Lecture 5: Incentives and the psychology of money..............................18
The power of incentives....................................................................................................................18
Unwanted consequences of incentives..............................................................................................18
Money as a special case....................................................................................................................18
Motivation and Performance, Lecture 6 & 7: Self-regulated motivation..............................................20
Self-determination theory.................................................................................................................20
Self-regulated theory........................................................................................................................21
Goals................................................................................................................................................22
Motivation and Performance, Lecture 8 & 9: Talent, Practice and Coaching.......................................24
Talent & Coaching............................................................................................................................24
Definitions............................................................................................................................................27

, Motivation and Performance, Lecture 1: Intro & Needs
(Pepijn van de Pol)

Performance: The action process of performing a specific task or function.
Motivation: Multiple ways that motivate us process/persistence/teamwork/rewards etc.
Performance is related to: needs, goals, rewards, self-regulation, deviant behavior, talent and coaching.
The application of theory in practice (in different achievement context):
 Motivating
 Guiding and coaching
 Improving
Central pillars:
 Needs
 Goals
 Rewards
 Social context

How to answer the why question?
Determinism Everything is set
in stone
Determinism: every event is an unavoidable and necessary consequence of
prior circumstances.
Determinism does not mean that the world can be fully understood and be explained to humans
Game of life (Conway, 1970s)
Conway’s deterministic world
 Full square with < 2 neighbors  dies
 Full square with 2 or neighbors  lives on
 Full square with > 3 neighbors  dies
 Empty square with 3 neighbors  is born
 Simple world can be unpredictable, reality is much more complex
 Assumption of Motivation Science, if we understand the causes of behavior, we can predict
behavior.