KIN 352: SELF EFFICACY EXAM TEST WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. In general, how is goal orientation related to self-efficacy?
➔ More with sport performance
➔ Overall how we perceive success and failure effect our SE
- Success and failure can be defined
➔
2. Name and describe the three different goal orientations as defined by
achievement goal theory. Are these goal orientations entirely stable within
a person and from situation to situation?
➔ Achievement Goal Theory: How people define success and failure
and how that is focused for future motivation (progression)
1. Ego oriented: goals are centered around comparing themselves
to others
- They want to win all the time
2. Task orientation : focused on comparing yourself to your past
performances rather than others
- Exercise to look better than before or lift more weights than
past times
, - If they lose then instead of quitting they improve themselves
- Stay more motivated
3. Social-approval orientation
■ Most people can be a combo of both ego and task orientation
■ Can change according to activity
■ High task motivation is the best for motivational profile
3. Discuss the relationship between task and ego orientations and
motivation. Specifically discuss the findings of Biddle et al. (2003).
➔ People with high task are associated with (+) motivational profile tend to
be more motivated in the long run
- No matter what they are doing they have to have a high
task orientation
Biddle (2003)
➔ High task orientation (+) orientation, belief that effort produces success
- If you work hard you will be successful
- Motivated by skill developing and team membership
- Purpose of PA or sport is for Mastery, fitness, self-esteem
- Perceived as competence > felt they were good at whatever
they were doing
- (+) emotion/affect
- Parents who are task oriented
- Many indicators of motivate>choice, intensity > choice difficult tasks
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. In general, how is goal orientation related to self-efficacy?
➔ More with sport performance
➔ Overall how we perceive success and failure effect our SE
- Success and failure can be defined
➔
2. Name and describe the three different goal orientations as defined by
achievement goal theory. Are these goal orientations entirely stable within
a person and from situation to situation?
➔ Achievement Goal Theory: How people define success and failure
and how that is focused for future motivation (progression)
1. Ego oriented: goals are centered around comparing themselves
to others
- They want to win all the time
2. Task orientation : focused on comparing yourself to your past
performances rather than others
- Exercise to look better than before or lift more weights than
past times
, - If they lose then instead of quitting they improve themselves
- Stay more motivated
3. Social-approval orientation
■ Most people can be a combo of both ego and task orientation
■ Can change according to activity
■ High task motivation is the best for motivational profile
3. Discuss the relationship between task and ego orientations and
motivation. Specifically discuss the findings of Biddle et al. (2003).
➔ People with high task are associated with (+) motivational profile tend to
be more motivated in the long run
- No matter what they are doing they have to have a high
task orientation
Biddle (2003)
➔ High task orientation (+) orientation, belief that effort produces success
- If you work hard you will be successful
- Motivated by skill developing and team membership
- Purpose of PA or sport is for Mastery, fitness, self-esteem
- Perceived as competence > felt they were good at whatever
they were doing
- (+) emotion/affect
- Parents who are task oriented
- Many indicators of motivate>choice, intensity > choice difficult tasks
