College is a place of rigorous work. An area where an individual has worked to stay and will keep working until they have fulfilled their goals. However, before attending a college or university, a high school student will spend their last year applying for various schools and turning in numerous scholarship applications. How exactly does the psychological process work for an individual whom is deciding where to spend their next few years studying for their potential careers? Availability heuristic, the hippocampus, the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and an individual’s self-fulfilling prophecy all take place in deciding what college to apply to as well as other everyday life scenarios. Availability heuristic is the first thought that
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It affects the areas of formation, organization, and new memory storage along with the connection of specific emotions to these memories. This means the hippocampus controls all of the reminders an individual may have throughout the day from everyday life because of older memories. While applying for different colleges, Ryan’s first reaction will stay with him throughout the application process. For instance, if Ryan sees FSU colors on a college letter, he will automatically remember his famous family barbeques during college football …show more content…
Ryan is trying to attend college to find a successful future for himself. Extrinsic motivation is the work an individual accomplishes to avoid a punishment or because they are forced to. Ryan will also attend college to avoid having to keep living at home or because his parents will not maintain him. Most individuals whom attend a university are acting upon intrinsic motivation because they are working towards their own personal goals established during high school. A self-fulfilling prophecy is the communicated belief of the individual told by someone else to the original individual. For example, if Ryan is constantly told he will become a good lawyer because he is argumentative and has potential, he will start to believe that is what is best for him before establishing his own opinions regarding law
It affects the areas of formation, organization, and new memory storage along with the connection of specific emotions to these memories. This means the hippocampus controls all of the reminders an individual may have throughout the day from everyday life because of older memories. While applying for different colleges, Ryan’s first reaction will stay with him throughout the application process. For instance, if Ryan sees FSU colors on a college letter, he will automatically remember his famous family barbeques during college football …show more content…
Ryan is trying to attend college to find a successful future for himself. Extrinsic motivation is the work an individual accomplishes to avoid a punishment or because they are forced to. Ryan will also attend college to avoid having to keep living at home or because his parents will not maintain him. Most individuals whom attend a university are acting upon intrinsic motivation because they are working towards their own personal goals established during high school. A self-fulfilling prophecy is the communicated belief of the individual told by someone else to the original individual. For example, if Ryan is constantly told he will become a good lawyer because he is argumentative and has potential, he will start to believe that is what is best for him before establishing his own opinions regarding law