Contemporary Issues in Health and Exercise

HPP301 Week Nine

Learning Outcomes
Recap of behavioural regulation Intrinsic motivation Q&A session if needed Appropriate reading Tutorial time is required

Motivation
To be motivated means to be moved to do something. A person who feels no impetus or inspiration to act is thus characterized as unmotivated, whereas someone who is energized or activated toward an end is considered motivated (Ryan & Deci, 2000)

How Much Motivation?

Moth theories prior to SDT attempted to measure how much motivation Implicit assumption that motivation is a unitary construct These theories and models provided an inadequate account of the evidence

What Kind of Motivation?

Modern research examines what kind of motivation Evidence suggests that there are several different kinds of motivation These types reflect differing underlying attitudes and drives that fuel motivation Broadly these can be divided into:
Extrinsic refers to doing something because it leads to a separable outcome Intrinsic refers to doing something because it is inherently interesting or enjoyable

Continuum of Motivation

Intrinsic Motivation
Lies at the end of the motivational continuum Proposed as an explanation as to why people act without a perceived reward Proposed as an explanation for play and althruism

Intrinsic Motivation
Refers to doing an activity or behaviour for its own sake Inherent pleasure or satisfaction derived from participation alone Found to contribute positively to engagement within, and quality of, learning experiences

Measurement
How do you think intrinsic motivation can be measured?
In adults? In children?

Self report measures

Validated questionnaires designed to elicit intrinsic motivation

Free-choice paradigm
How much time to people spend doing something out of free choice

Ideally both

Robustness
Intrinsic motivation is robust to a number of potentially negative situations
Persistence Interest Quality of output

However, we have seen that it can be harmed

Undermining percieved
Autonomy Competence Relatedness

Facilitating Intrinsic Motivation

We should know how to do this by now
Autonomy
Individuals perceive that they possess agency in performing an activity or behaviour

Competence
Individuals perceive that they possess efficacy in an activity

Relatedness
Individuals perceive that they increase their social network or positive regard in an activity

This concludes the facilitating motivational change element of the module

Next Week
Your 15 minute presentation assessment

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