Deck 4: The Motivational Climate, Motivation, and Implications for Empowering Athletes and the Promotion of the Quality of Sport Engagement

Question 1

At the opposite end of amotivation on the self-determination continuum is the classic state of:

A) identified regulation
B) intrinsic motivation
C) extrinsic motivation
D) external regulation

Answer 1

intrinsic motivation

Question 2

Which of the following is not a key indicator of intrinsic motivation?

A) participation because of a love for the game
B) participation in an activity because he/she personally values the benefits
C) participation in the activity is done for its own sake and not for money or social recognition
D) participation in an activity is seen as a means to an end

Answer 2

participation in an activity is seen as a means to an end

Question 3

Goal orientations are opposite sides of the spectrum.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Athletes who have a high ego goal orientation are more likely to become concerned about how they are doing compared to others.

Question 5

Which of the following is an inaccurate description of how developing an ego goal orientation can affect performance?

A) lack of trying when failure is looming
B) decreased motivation
C) regular and high levels of anxiety
D) cause the athlete to select sport task too easy or too difficult

Question 6

Achievement goal theory states:

A) motivated athletes rate their self-efficacy towards a goal/task orientation based on their achievement
B) ego-involved climates result in athletes persisting in the face of failure
C) difference in goal perspectives are critical antecedents to variations in behavior
D) two central achievement goal perspectives are task and ego

Question 7

Athletes who receive extrinsic motivation in addition to their intrinsic motivation end up more motivated than if they failed to receive the extrinsic motivation.

Question 8

A person's judgment of their competence and how they perceive success is referred to as:

A) goal perspective
B) introjected regulation
C) motivational climate
D) self-confidence

Question 9

An ego avoidance perspective on achievement has been linked to greater fear of failure and the belief that sport ability is fixed or unchangeable.

Question 10

In youth sports it is better to have task-involving than ego-involving parents.

Question 11

Motivation is brought on predominantly by coaches "motivating" athletes.

Question 12

An individual who participates in sport to learn and improve is:

A) using introjected regulation
B) externally motived
C) intrinsically motivated
D) amotivated

Question 13

Nicholls' research (1989) on goal perspectives argued that:

A) achievement goal orientations are bipolar opposites
B) achievement goal orientations are independent dimensions
C) ego involvement is associated with an increase in performance
D) higher ego involved athletes exhibit increased effort

Question 14

Within the TARGET structure, "recognition" represents the procedures and practices used to motivate and acknowledge athletes for their progress and achievement.

Question 15

A task-involving climate refers to the perceived structure of the environment which, in turn, can affect the achievement patterns of individuals.

Question 16

Individuals with high perceptions of ability are unlikely to respond in a fashion similar to competitors who are task involved.

Question 17

Those who participate in sport due to feelings of having to play are demonstrating:

A) introjected regulation
B) extrinsic motivation
C) identified regulation
D) amotivation

Question 18

The quality of motivation is inferred by the athlete's:

A) sustained, positive, and healthy engagement in the sport
B) interaction with their coaches
C) positive mental attitude associated with sport involvement
D) ability to recover from injury quickly and return to play

Question 19

Behavior that is undertaken not out of free choice but as a means-to-an-end, with no pleasure, is expressing:

A) identified regulation
B) introjected regulation
C) amotivation
D) external regulation

Question 20

______ refers to a climate that focuses on mastery, promotes athlete choice and control, and remains socially supportive.

A) Empowering environment
B) Task-involved climate
C) Ego-involved climate
D) Motivational climate

Question 21

When creating a more empowering motivational climate, coaches promote the competence of their performers by enhancing their task orientation, appropriately centering their effort, and helping them recognize their competency is based on their individual improvement.