Achievement Motivation

What are the characteristic of a person with a NAch (Need to Achieve) approach?

What are the characteristics of a person with a NAF (Need to Avoid Failure) approach?

Achievement motivation is...

What strategies might a coach use to develop a NAch approach?

Achievement motivation can be defined as the drive to succeed [blank_start]minus[blank_end] the fear of failure. The level of achievement motivation depends on the interaction of personality and [blank_start]situation[blank_end]. Some performers have NAch approach, some performers have a NAF approach. The personalities can be innate or developed, those with the trait of approaching competition will try [blank_start]harder[blank_end] in most situations. The performer has to gauge the probability of success in the task and the incentive gained from that success. If a task is [blank_start]easy[blank_end], the probability of success will be high but the incentive value might be low. A person with a [blank_start]NAF[blank_end] approach might choose an easy task with low incentive value. If a task is [blank_start]more[blank_end] difficult and has a lower probability of success, it might have a higher incentive value. A person with a [blank_start]NAch[blank_end] approach might choose a difficult task with high incentive value.

[blank_start]Outcome[blank_end] goals can be set to base performance on others. If the performer succeeds, pride and satisfaction and [blank_start]maintained[blank_end], if the performer fails, confidence can be lowered. [blank_start]Task-related[blank_end] goals can be set to base performance against the performer themself rather than others. This allows success to be achieved regardless of the result, thus [blank_start]maintaining[blank_end] confidence.