Avoidance motivation
What Avoidance motivation means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Motivation that can be produced when high incentive is combined with very low probability of success, leading to reduced effort.
Avoiding failure, which dominates when failure is likely and costly.
Topics that use Avoidance motivation
- Achievement motivation theory (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Achievement goal theory
- Approach and avoidance behaviour
- Approach motivation
- Attribution
- Goal setting
- Incentive value
- Motivational climate
- Outcome orientated goals
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