PSYCH238 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Goal Setting, Homeostasis

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH238
• Professor: Doug Brown

Document Summary

Expectancy: the probability that the effort can result in behaviour/performance intended. Instrumentality: the probability that the performance will be followed by a particular outcome is the performance attached to some sort of value/outcome of the outcome i desire. How much do i care about the result? theory about choice. Effort -> performance -> valence if any of these elements is 0 = no motivation. Most well-known approach to motivation in industry. Premise: goals are motivators of human action theory lays out how goals are translated into motivation. Motivation is about the achievement of goals. Difficult goals lead to greater effort and persistence. Specific and difficult goals are better than vague, nonquantitative goals. Goals serve as standards to regulate ourselves. Latham & baldes 1975 truck drivers and lumber/paper manufacturer. trucks only loaded to 60% capacity. Need more trucks -> more trips -> more money to haul logs off mountain.