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Motivation Definition from Class and Textbook |
In-class:Internal or external forces acting on a individual that activate, maintain, and direct behavior toward a goal. TextBook: Forces that move people on how to move or feel. |
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Types of motives/forces: Primary motives Secondary motives Goals as motives Human potential motives Social/learning motives |
Primary motives: Survival (Hull's Drives Reduction Theory- Breathing, warmth, thirst). Secondary motives: the importance of arousal (the wanting of thrill. e.g., skydiving, sex) Goals as motives: we make our own goals Human potential motives: Be the best we can be Social/learning motives: we are driven to do something |
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Optimal arousal - Yerkes-Dodson law (also in discussion of STRESS) |
too much or not enough arousal would cause you to perform badly. A moderate amount of arousal would increase your performance. |
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Disordered eating: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervousa, binge eating disordered (BED) |
Anorexia Nerovsa: An eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation Bulimia Nervosa: is an eating disorder in which an individual (typically female) consistently follows a binge-and-purge eating pattern. Binge eating disorder (BED): An eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating more food in a short period of time than most people would eat, during which the person feels a lack of control over eating. |
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Maslow's Hierchy of Human Needs a. Why a hierarchy? b. What are the levels on the hierchy? What do they mean? c. What is self-actualization? Who achieves self-actualization? |
a. The bases are the strongest bases and the weakest are at the top. b. Physiological Needs: hunger, thirst., Safety needs: Feel secure and safe, seek pleasure and not pain.,Belonging and love needs: accept, receive and give attention., Esteem needs: to achieve be competent, gain approval., Self-actualization need: realize ones potential. c. Self-actualization: is to realize one's full potential and that us. |
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McClelland's learned needs: Achievement, Affiliation, and power a. Why are they learned needs? b. What are the characteristics of those with a dominant need? c. How does McClelland determine someone's predominant need? |
Achievement: Like to set their own goals. responsible for problem solving, like feedback.
Affiliation: concern about relationships, love to be part of groups, likes to develop relationships, status and protege and also competitive. Power: The need of impact on other people (manipulating or controlling other people, helping and giving advice, producing emotions towards people.) McClelland determined someone's predominant need by making them take a test the TAT. |
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Deci and Ryan's self-determination theory: Autonomy, competence, relatedness |
Autonomy: the sense that we are in control of our own life.
Competence: we bring out our desired outcome Relatedness: relate to others |
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Instrinsic versus extrinsic motivation |
Intrinsic motivation: Motivation based on internal factors such as organismic needs (competence, relatedness, and autonomy), as well as curiosity, challenge, and fun.
Extrinsic motivation: Motivation that involves external incentives such as rewards and punishment. |
