PROFESSIONAL SELF-EXPECTATION AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION OF STUDENTS OF INSTRUMENTAL-PERFORMING SPECIALIZATIONS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of intercorrelation between achievement motivation and professional self-expectation of students of instrumental-performing specializations.
David C. McClelland identified motivation of achievement as desire to achieve success in the different types of activity. In a structure to motivation of achievement two motives were distinguished: motive to success and motive of avoidance of failure.
The diagnostics of achievement motivation was carried out on the basis of Motivation Test by H. Heckhausen. The diagnostics of professional self-expectation was carried out on the basis of the “Professional Attachment Inventory”, which allowed to study the eight components of professional attachment: “satisfaction by realization of professional potential”, “belonging to the professional community”, “experiencing of professional attachment”, “professional competence”, “professional authority”, “estimation of results of professional activity”, “attitudes of other people”, “self-attitude”.
In the course of statistical treatment of the results, an analysis of correlation between achievement motivation and professional self-expectation was carried out.
The students motivated to the success differ from students motivated to the failure avoid. Success moti- vated students of instrumental-performing specializations are more realistic positive in professional realizing and self-determining, more active and initiative in the class and individual studying. It was discovered, that students aspiring to success, in a greater degree find out such components of positive professional self-expec- tation: pleasure in professional self-realization; a confidence in own ability successfully to use the professional knowledge, abilities and skills; confidence in professional competence and success; positive estimation of maintenance and result of the professional activity, confidence in the achievement of successes and confession; convinced of positive relation of surrounding.