Mastery Motivation: A Concept in Need of Measures.

Autor/inn/en	Yarrow, Leon J.; und weitere
Titel	Mastery Motivation: A Concept in Need of Measures.
Quelle	(1976), (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Behavioral Science Research; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Tests; Early Childhood Education; Family Environment; Infant Behavior; Infants; Interviews; Measurement Techniques; Middle Class; Motivation; Observation; Persistence; Play; Task Performance; Bayley Scales of Infant Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kognitive Entwicklung; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Familienmilieu; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Messtechnik; Mittelschicht; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Beobachtung; Ausdauer; Spiel
Abstract	The major objective of this series of studies was to clarify the concept of mastery motivation and to develop measures of this concept applicable to 1-year-old children. Three studies were made with 44 infants, aged 12 to 13 months. The first study, "Aspects of Mastery Motivation and Cognitive Functioning," utilized structured situations in which infants could indicate their mastery motivation through persistent task-directed behaviors. Scoring of the tasks resulted in a three-part classification of mastery motivation behavior into effectance production, mastery of an emerging skill, and attempts to solve difficult problems. Infants' cognitive ability was measured and an interdependence of cognition and motivation was indicated. The second study, "Mastery Motivation and Free Play Behavior," was based on data from 41 of the 44 subjects. Findings suggested that measures of the quality of exploratory play, but not the quantity, were related to measures of persistence and cognitive ability in two structured tasks. The third study, "Cognitive Play Experience and 13-Month-Old Infant Performance with Objects," utilized interviews with mothers to determine the kinds of experiences infants had while practicing skills in object play in interaction with others. The key variable, variety of cognitive activity in social play, was significantly related to infant mastery motivation and cognitive functioning. Following reports of the three studies, two papers are presented which discuss the studies and the concept of mastery motivation. (MS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC