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Psychological Aspects MODULE-2
Dimension of Physical
After collecting information through verbal and visual instructions, a learner Education and Yog
makes his plan of action based on his understanding of the skill. He attempts to
perform the skill based on his understanding of the skills. She/he commits a lot
of mistakes at this stage, his performance becomes inconsistent. She/he performs
very slowly. Sometimes the movement performed in this stage is inappropriate.
The skill may appear to be rigid in nature. Besides, the confidence level of the
learner is weak in this stage.

Motor Stage Note

Second stage is the motor stage which is also referred to as associative stage. At
this stage basic information of skill has been acquired by the individual although
he has not achieved the mastery over the skill yet. S/he still needs to focus on the
refinement of the skill. It can be said that this phase is more motor rather than
the cognitive in nature. An individual has to practice more and more.

This stage includes the process of refining, modifying and adapting the skill.
This phase is based on trial and error method, in which he is performing the skill
a number of times and is aware of errors made in executing the skill. At the end
of this stage the learner achieves some coordination.

Autonomous Stage
This is the autonomous stage in which the movement becomes almost automatic.
Individual is able to detect and correct errors and their performance becomes
consistent. It is difficult to determine exactly her/his progress from motor stage
to autonomous stage. In this phase s/he executes the skill effortlessly and in a
well coordinated manner. The confidence level of the learner is high in this
stage. S/he has adapted and achieved the mastery over the skill in this phase.

6.2.3 Concept of Motivation

A boy wakes up early in the morning to practise cycling. Most of the time he fell
down and got injured but never left to learn cycling. He wants to achieve
excellence in cycling so that he can earn money. His strongest need forces him
to perform well and practice more and more in cycling.
So we can say that ‘why’ and ‘how’ of behavior lie in the key word “motivation”.
There is something which forces us to act or behave in a particular manner at a
particular time. That force is responsible for our behavior. Motivation depends
on the needs. If need is high, motivation level will be high, if need is low
motivation level will also be low. Lander’s (1978) said that motivation can not
be observed directly but rather it is inferred from goal-directed behavior.

Motivation can be broadly categorized in three parts: intrinsic motivation,
extrinsic motivation and amotivation.

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