Extrinsic Motivation Of Michael To Be A Great Football Player

First and foremost, the impact of extrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation arises from environmentally created reason (incentives or consequences) to engage in action or activity. Leigh Anne and SJ were important people who motivate Michael to be a great football player. Michael was a bad football player at first, in order to help Michael get fit SJ conducted a special training while Leigh Anne spends her time watching Michael having his football training. From this small act, they actually motivated Michael to be a good football player. Next, the application of intrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is natural motivation which emerge from psychological need satisfaction that make behavior happen spontaneously and not done for any instrumental

When a person takes the other’s perspective and values personal growth, they practicing autonomy- supportive. Michael Biology teacher was the best example that apply autonomy- supportive when she help Michael to improve his academic performance by understanding how Michael learn best. On the contrary, Coach Cotton apply controlling motivating style which is people who pressure another person toward a specified way of thinking, feeling or behaving and they have their own specify outcome. During the first few session of football training, Michael is not a good player that make Cotton angry but Cotton did not provide explanation why he get angry and yet he relies on pressuring language to teach Michael. Besides, this movie also highlighted the need of relatedness. Relatedness is part of psychological need to establish close emotional bonds and attachment with other people. The scene when Leigh Anne met Michael mom was clearly shown that people need of relatedness. Leigh Anne wants to know about Michael history that make Michael mom cried so Leigh Anne tried to coax her. In addition, for a better relationship in society, every person need to involve in communal relationship. A communal relationship is a relationship between person that focusing on welfare of each other. When Sean and Leigh Anne adopted Michael as their child, they not focusing on what benefits that they can gain from the adoption but they thinking more about Michael

Self- efficacy is defined as the judgment of an individual performance that have the skill to cope with a situation that determine how individual feel and motivate themselves. As we know, Michael has good skill in football but he face a problem to follow Coach Cotton instruction and the game rules. Leigh Anne helps Michael by using Tuohy family as an example and what Michael should do to protect his family and apply it in the football game. After Michael receive instruction from Leigh Anne his performance increase gradually. When Leigh Anne motivate Michael, his self- efficacy increase that develop Michael deeper interest in the activity. During Michael first month at Wingate, most of the teacher almost give up on Michael because they felt Michael did not understand what they taught in class and there was no communication between teachers and Michael. Teacher situation in this scene links to helpless motivational orientation that refer to a fragile view of the self when facing failure. Besides, people with helpless motivational orientation respond to failure by giving up and pretend the situation they face were beyond their control. In addition, Leigh Anne displayed the importance of power to influence other people. During the process of legal guardian application, the scene when Leigh Anne confront the receptionist and ask why the worker in that place just hanging around even though there are many people waiting for their services show