GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Achievement Goal Theory - Achievement goals refer to the cognitive representations of desired, competence-related outcomes in achievement contexts and have generally been divided into mastery and performance goals.
Extrinsic motivation: to engage in an activity as a means to an end.
Intrinsic motivation: refers to the will to complete a task for its own sake rather than for an external reward or effect, such as a grade or to help one’s future
Mastery Goal: the desire to acquire knowledge (rather than just to perform well on a test, for example).
Motivation: a complex part of human psychology and behavior that influences how individuals choose to invest their time, how muchenergy they exert in any given task, how they think and feel about
Performance-Approach Goal: striving to do better than others
Performance-Avoidance Goal: striving to avoid doing worse than others
Self-determination theory: proposes that human beings have three innate needs that must be fulfilled in order to achieve self-regulation, motivation, and personal well-being: relatedness, competence, and autonomy
Self-efficacy: the judgments individuals make about their ability to perform a specific task in comparison to a specific standard
Self-regulation: a process-oriented construction, focusing on self-regulatory mechanisms, involving regulation of the self, by the self, to meet particular goals or to manage achievement and any efforts by the human self to alter any of its own inner states or responses
Extrinsic motivation: to engage in an activity as a means to an end.
Intrinsic motivation: refers to the will to complete a task for its own sake rather than for an external reward or effect, such as a grade or to help one’s future
Mastery Goal: the desire to acquire knowledge (rather than just to perform well on a test, for example).
Motivation: a complex part of human psychology and behavior that influences how individuals choose to invest their time, how muchenergy they exert in any given task, how they think and feel about
Performance-Approach Goal: striving to do better than others
Performance-Avoidance Goal: striving to avoid doing worse than others
Self-determination theory: proposes that human beings have three innate needs that must be fulfilled in order to achieve self-regulation, motivation, and personal well-being: relatedness, competence, and autonomy
Self-efficacy: the judgments individuals make about their ability to perform a specific task in comparison to a specific standard
Self-regulation: a process-oriented construction, focusing on self-regulatory mechanisms, involving regulation of the self, by the self, to meet particular goals or to manage achievement and any efforts by the human self to alter any of its own inner states or responses