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Trait Survey
This instrument aims to measure motivation to achieve, as determined by covert responses
classified as follows:
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Affective:
expectations of positive effect from achievement- oriented activity. These reflect an
individual’s positive attitude toward life, enabling one to see life and tasks as a
means to attain pleasant outcomes.
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Conceptual:
seeing oneself as capable of success, of attaining set goals in
achievement- oriented situations and specific tasks.
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Purposive:
the ability to set up goals for the self- direction of behavior. These reflect a
person’s responsiveness to, capacity for, and facility in setting up performance
goals for the present and the future.
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Instrumental:
knowledge of the instrumental steps or behaviors necessary for successful achieving.
It begins with a realization a personal responsibility for action and personal
control over outcomes.
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Evaluative:
reflect an individual’s capacity for and facility in self-assessment and self-
evaluation against an internal standard of excellence.
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