Sports psych - 4.4 motivation - self-determination theory

What is self-determination?

-The degree to which your behaviours are chosen and self-initiated

-Associated with the motivation behind the choices that people make without any external influence and interference —> self-motivation

What does the SDT consider?

-Considers what motivates a person at any given time

-Makes distinctions between different types of motivation and the consequences of them

What are the three innate needs that allow for optimal function and growth?

-Competence —> seek to control the outcome & experience mastery

-Relatedness —> the universal want to interact, be connected to & experience caring for others

-Autonomy —> the universal urge to be casual agents of one’s own life & act in harmony with one’s integrated self

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