The Effect of Achievement Motivation on Learning of Rotary Pursuit Tracking under Massed Practice Condition

To examine the effectiveness of achievement motivation on motor skill learning under massed practice condition, high (n=18) and low (n=18) need-achievers selected by the Mehrabian Measure of Achieving Tendency were required to perform the rotary pursuit tracking. As the result, the high need-achievers showed relatively higher TOT scores than the low need-achievers. The high need-achievers also showed relatively higher scores on task motivation and significantly clearer mental image for the task than the low need-achievers in the process of motor skill learning. From these results, it was considered that the high need-achievers received greater learning effect from the motor task under the massed practice condition in comparison with the low need-achievers.