Clark, applying to college, has a significant amount of weight sitting on top of his shoulders; this weight consists of physiological factors and choices that will ultimately sway his decision to apply to the colleges of his choice. The concepts include: availability heuristic, compliance, intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation, and a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Availability heuristic is a term that means to mentally recall specific information, details, and examples. In other words: immediately thinking of exemplars that come to mind. Clark might use this when applying to college because Clark could remember an advertisement on TV advocating a certain college, he could remember a successful family member of his that goes to a college that Clark takes interest in, or he could remember the college that his favorite football team plays for.
Compliance is a reference to a specific command, desire, wish, or request asked by an individual. This could apply to Clark’s application process because a family member could ask Clark to apply to a certain college to continue a tradition, a college could ask him to proffer an application based on Clark’s successful results, or a guidance counselor could recommend Clark a school, knowing his academic strengths and weaknesses.
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A self-fulfilling prophecy is defined as making a covet come true because of positive behaviors and confident outlooks on a subject; the subject being colleges. For example: If Clark conducts research on certain universities and gains insight on them, Clark could obtain a powerful desire to enroll in these universities. Clark could study more diligently for a SAT retake, work harder to collect scholarships, and build his writing skills for his applications. It all depends on his “self-fulfilling prophecy” for his yearning for acceptance to be
Availability heuristic is a term that means to mentally recall specific information, details, and examples. In other words: immediately thinking of exemplars that come to mind. Clark might use this when applying to college because Clark could remember an advertisement on TV advocating a certain college, he could remember a successful family member of his that goes to a college that Clark takes interest in, or he could remember the college that his favorite football team plays for.
Compliance is a reference to a specific command, desire, wish, or request asked by an individual. This could apply to Clark’s application process because a family member could ask Clark to apply to a certain college to continue a tradition, a college could ask him to proffer an application based on Clark’s successful results, or a guidance counselor could recommend Clark a school, knowing his academic strengths and weaknesses.
Intrinsic motivation is when you perform a particular action …show more content…
A self-fulfilling prophecy is defined as making a covet come true because of positive behaviors and confident outlooks on a subject; the subject being colleges. For example: If Clark conducts research on certain universities and gains insight on them, Clark could obtain a powerful desire to enroll in these universities. Clark could study more diligently for a SAT retake, work harder to collect scholarships, and build his writing skills for his applications. It all depends on his “self-fulfilling prophecy” for his yearning for acceptance to be