Psychology 2990A/B Lecture 6: Lecture006 – Chapter 5.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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Can control motivation by controlling the consequences of behavior: reward desired behavior (to increase motivation, punish undesired behavior (to decrease motivation) the behavior (causes it to begin) the behavior (keeps it going, activates, sustains, regulates goal) the behavior (involves plans and strategies for achieving the. Social persuasion (other provide pep talks, e. g. , you can do it ): (b) self efficacy is also influenced by goals we set for ourselves if too easy, high efficacy (but wont learn much) if too difficult, won"t be achieved (undermines mastery and self efficacy). E. g. , student 1: i"m stupid stable and uncontrollable (also internal, so low self esteem) student 2: task will always be too difficult stable and uncontrollable (external so no effect on self esteem) in both cases, motivation to succeed will be low students less likely to seek help: (d) students can be taught to change their attributions (e. g. , maybe i didn"t study hard enough internal, unstable, controllable).