ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Motivation, Unconscious Mind, Theory-Theory
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Behaviour is influenced by a variety of factors. Psychological influences on behaviour are: attitude, motivation, mental health, and social thinking. What motivates an athlete to put so much effort in; what motivates our parents to go to work. Motivation can"t be seen, but it can be assumed/inference. We can assume what motivates our parents to go to work (money) Psychologists wonder how someone is motivated there are 3 factors to motivation: biological, cognitive, and achievement. Belief that many decisions are made by the unconscious mind criticism: fails to explain how psychological wants motivate us to do what we do; theory no longer popular/used. Cognitive motivation: rewards and punishments there are two forms of cognitive motivation: intrinsic: desire to perform a task for its own sake. Wanting to do something because you want to get better at it extrinsic: desire to perform a task due to external factors, such as reward or the threat of punishment.
