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Locus of Control

first proposed by Julian Rotter (1966)

Locus of Control

"Individuals beliefs about how much control they have over the situation they are in and what happens to them"

The distribution of both internal and external locus os control in the population is

the normal bell curve

The problems with coaching is

determining where your athlete falls on the LoC continuum and then coaching to that LoC. Don't change what you say, rather change how you say it

Knowing an athlete's LoC is imperative to knowing how he is motived

Motivation Definition

the energy or drive that impels a person to make choices and to actively seek goals

Hunger, thirst and other bodily motivations are of less concern to personality psychologists than

the social motivations we will consider including: 1) achievement motivation 2) affiliation motivation 3) power motivation

Maslow's Hierarchy (1943): Level 1)

Physiological: food, water, shelter

Maslow's Hierarchy (1943): Level 2)

Safety: shelter, freedom from danger, security

Maslow's Hierarchy (1943): Level 3)

Belonging/Love: family, friends, part of a group

Maslow's Hierarchy (1943): Level 4)

Esteem: self esteem, esteem from others, sense of achievement

Maslow's Hierarchy (1943): Level 5)

Self-actualization: achieving personal potential, creativity or fulfillment

of or constituting an excitement to action (e.g. causation to act)

A biological tissue deficit (e.g. survival based, physiologically based)

An energized state to satisfy a need (e.g. find food)