The Emergence of 'Wanting to Do It Oneself': A Precursor of Achievement Motivation

1983 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Geppert ◽  
Ursula Küster
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Behavioral Patterns ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Sense Of Competence

The presented pilot study analyzes the prerequisites of achievement motivation by studying children's wanting to do things themselves. The development of the intention to produce an outcome and the development of the self-concept are critical elements in this study. Wanting to do it oneself as a precursor of achievement motivation is inferred from children's articulations of the desire to perform tasks by themselves after their flow of action is interrupted by the experimenter. Forty-one children between 0;9 and 6;6 years of age were observed while playing with a collection of tasks. Classifying the children's various reactions to the experimental manipulations revealed different behavioral patterns that supported the hypothesis of developmental stages of wanting to do things oneself; these stages corresponded to the degree of development of self-concept. The prerequisites of achievement motivation such as centering on the action-outcome, attributing outcome to the self as the originator, and relating outcome to a sense of competence were identified.

The Appropriateness of Super's Career Theory among Black South Africans

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham B. Stead ◽  
Mark B. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Career Maturity ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Career Theory ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Black South Africans

The appropriateness of Super's career theory among black South Africans is discussed in terms of developmental stages, the self-concept, career maturity, and career decision-making. Suggestions are provided as to how these constructs may need to be re-evaluated and thus become more meaningful to career counsellors and researchers.

scholarly journals Hubungan Konsep Diri Akademik dengan Motivasi Berprestasi pada Remaja Awal yang Tinggal di Panti Asuhan di Denpasar

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Komang Diah Laxmy Prabadewi ◽  
Putu Nugrahaeni Widiasavitri
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
P Value ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Correlation Analysis Method

  Early adolescence is a period for self-concept formation. The self concept is a set of beliefs and feelings of the individual about their own, including physical characteristics, social, emotional, aspiration and achievement (Hurlock, 1999). Concerned with the need of achievement, adolescents need to develop their self-concept specially their academic self-concept as a particular provision in order to face a competition in the work world later. The self concept is not an innate factor, but it is learned and shaped by individual experience in dealing with others. That is equal with the academic self-concept. When a person living in a different situation with the general one, such as live in an orphanage, it can affect early adolescents in shaping their self-concept, at last it can affect their desire to achieve their achievement. According to these conditions, the researchers wanted to see whether there are relationships between academic self-concept and achievement motivation in early adolescents who lives in an orphanage. This study uses quantitative research methods which is correlation analysis method using product moment that involving 120 early adolescents orphanages as subjects that obtained by using sample taking technique simple random sampling . The result found in this research, there is a positive and significant relationship between academic self-concept and achievement motivation in early adolescents who lives in orphanages in Denpasar, which is indicated by the correlation coefficient (r) between the variables of self-concept and achievement motivation is 0.588 with p value 0.000 (p< 0.05), which means that the variable of academic self-concept and achievement motivation variables correlated significantly and positively and both of those are at moderate intensity   Keywords: self concept, academic self-concept, achievement motivation, orphanages, early adolescents

scholarly journals Self-Concept in Relation to Achievement Motivation of High School Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayesha Khan ◽  
Dr Shah Alam
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Social Self ◽  
School Students ◽  
Moral Self ◽  
Age Range ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this investigation was to find out the significant relationship between Self-concept and achievement motivation of high school students and also tried to measure the self-concept and achievement motivation in relation to gender. For the purpose of the present study 400 (200 boys, 200 girls) students of high school were selected randomly from four different schools of Aligarh (UP) within the age range of 16-17 years. To assess the self concept of high school students Self-Concept Questionnaire developed by Dr. R. K. Saraswat (1984) was used which provides six dimensions viz. physical, social, intellectual, moral, educational, and temperamental as well as a total self-concept score. The achievement motivation of high school students was measured by the Achievement Motivation (n-Ach) Scale developed by Dr. Pratibha Deo and Asha Mohan (1985). Pearson’s product moment co-efficient correlation was applied to investigate the relationship between self-concept and achievement motivation; t-test was applied to see the differences between mean scores of girls and boys on self-concept and achievement motivation. One of the findings of the study showed a significant positive correlation existed between self concept and achievement motivation of high school students. Another finding of the study revealed that there was no significant gender differences existed on total self-concept, physical self-concept, intellectual self-concept, educational self-concept and temperamental self-concept. Furthermore it was found that girls and boys differed significantly on social self-concept and moral self-concept.

scholarly journals KONTRIBUSI KONSEP DIRI TERHADAP MOTIVASI BERPRESTASI SISWA DI SMP NEGERI BATANG KAPAS

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mori Dianto
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Know How ◽  
Correlational Approach ◽  
Simple Regression Analysis ◽  
Simple Regression

phenomenon of the students’ low motivation to get the achievement at school. Self concept have a correlation for creating the students’ potential giftedness to get an achievement in learning. The role of the teachers  in improving the students’ achievement at school in order to improve their learning achievement. This research has purpose to find the self concept and achievement motivation of SMPN Batang Kapas. This research used correlational approach which has purpose to know how is the contribution among the research variables. The population of the research is the students of SMPN Batang Kapas. The amount of the population was 601 students. The sample of this research was 240 students. It had been taken by using simple random sampling technique. The instruments used in the form of scale. The data was analyzed by using descriptive technique and the hypothesis testing was done by using simple regression analysis . The result shows that:  (1)  the self concept is in the enough category, (2) students’ achievement motivation is in the enough category, (3) the contribution of self concept through the students’ achievement motivation is about 14.4%. The results imply that self concept are factors that have contributed to students achievement motivation, but there are many other factors that influence students achievement motivation.

Towards a Validation of Multiple Features in the Assessment of Emotions

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Skiffington ◽  
Ephrem Fernandez ◽  
Ken McFarland
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Cognitive Appraisal ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
The Self ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Multiple Features ◽  
Action Tendency ◽  
Intensity Range

This study extends previous attempts to assess emotion with single adjective descriptors, by examining semantic as well as cognitive, motivational, and intensity features of emotions. The focus was on seven negative emotions common to several emotion typologies: anger, fear, sadness, shame, pity, jealousy, and contempt. For each of these emotions, seven items were generated corresponding to cognitive appraisal about the self, cognitive appraisal about the environment, action tendency, action fantasy, synonym, antonym, and intensity range of the emotion, respectively. A pilot study established that 48 of the 49 items were linked predominantly to the specific emotions as predicted. The main data set comprising 700 subjects' ratings of relatedness between items and emotions was subjected to a series of factor analyses, which revealed that 44 of the 49 items loaded on the emotion constructs as predicted. A final factor analysis of these items uncovered seven factors accounting for 39% of the variance. These emergent factors corresponded to the hypothesized emotion constructs, with the exception of anger and fear, which were somewhat confounded. These findings lay the groundwork for the construction of an instrument to assess emotions multicomponentially.

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