動機與學生的認知結構

Motivation and Students' Cognitive Structure

本研究採用「次序系圖」法來評量一組選修普通心理學大學生的認知結構，並探討認知結構的組織度，深度及類似度與四種動機變數（測驗焦慮，成功預期，智力理論及目標取向）的關係。結果發現只有一種動機變數，即測驗焦慮，同認知結構的組織度及類似度（學生與教師的認知結構間的類似指數）有顯著的相關。測驗焦慮似與訊息處理過程中的組織階段的缺損有所關聯。學科成績好的學生有較高認知結構的類似度。

Using the ordered tree technique to assess the cognitive structures of a sample of college students in psychology and relating the measures of cognitive structures to students' motivational variables of test anxiety, expectancy for success, theory of intelligence and goal adoption, it was found that the measure of organization and similarity index between students' and teacher's structures correlated only with test anxiety. Test anxiety seemed to be associated with a deficit in the organization stage of information processing. Students with better course performance showed high similarity between students' and teacher's structures.