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1
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What are the two types of motivation climates?

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Mastery and performance climates

2
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What are the priorities of a mastery climate?

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Learning and task mastery, personal progress, and participation

3
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What are the priorities of a performance climate?

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Social comparison, public evaluation, and normative success

4
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What are the differences in perception of mistakes?

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In mastery climate, mistakes are an opportunity to improve and learn. In performance climate, mistakes are a failure and undesired

5
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Who are the creators of the motivational climate?

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Significant others, such as parents, teachers, and coaches

6
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Why are motivational climates perceived differently?

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Due to different treatment and experiences

7
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What is the method of creating a motivational climate?

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Task, authority, recognition, grouping, evaluation, and time

8
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What is authority in regards to motivational climates?

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Student participation in instructional progress

9
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What is grouping in regards to motivational climates?

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Manner and frequency of student working together

10
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What is time in regards to motivational climates?

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Pace of learning

11
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In Lloyd and Fox’s 1992 study, what was the response to mastery and performance climates?

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In mastery climate, the motivation to continue is significantly higher, and reported more enjoyment; high-ego girls lowered ego orientation in mastery climate, and low-ego girls raised ego orientation in performance climate

12
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What are correlates of mastery climate?

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Self-efficacy; effort and enjoyment; positive attitude toward class; belief that effort causes success; satisfaction with being a team member; mastery as a source of satisfaction

13
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What are correlates of performance climate?

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Tension; negative attitude toward class; belief that ability leads to success; boredom; satisfaction when outperforming others; perceptions of differential treatment of high and low achievers

14
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What were the findings in the football study investigating goal orientation, motivation climate, and context?

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High task orientation in both training and competition, but higher ego in competition than training; in training, need a high mastery climate as people naturally do not put in as much effort, nor enjoy it as much