instrumental motivation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinstrumentalandmotivation
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instrumental
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.təl/us/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.t̬əl/
formal
If someone or something is instrumental in a process, plan, or system, that person or thing is one of the most important influences in causing it ...
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motivation
noun
uk/ˌməʊ.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmoʊ.t̬əˈveɪ.ʃən/
enthusiasm for ...
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Students with integrative orinstrumentalmotivation(particularly integrative) were less likely to experience severe attrition.
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Factor analysis identified five underlying factors: interest in foreign countries, intrinsic motivation, caregivers' encouragement,instrumentalmotivation, and anxiety.
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This approach dispenses with the self-regarding/self-sacrificing opposition, but substitutes the opposition between intrinsic andinstrumentalmotivation.
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Putting it more technically, they have integrative as well asinstrumentalmotivation.
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While both integrative andinstrumentalmotivationare essential elements of successful language acquisition, research have determined integrative motivation as the main element long-term success sustenance when learning a second language.
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At other times, and in other settings, instrumental motivations could be taken for granted.
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The lack of information on instrumental motivations is clearly a problem.
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It follows that a voter with short-term instrumental motivations wants to influence who wins in their constituency in the current election.
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The first criterion, having instrumental motivations, implies that the voter's utility from the outcome of the election is affected only by who wins the election.
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But this does not change the fact that short-term instrumental motivations must be decisive for tactical voters.
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There are other ways of expressing short-term instrumental motivations, but they are individually too specific.
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