PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Thematic Apperception Test, Internal Standard, Critical Role
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a recurrent preference or readiness for a particular quality of experience, which energizes, directs, and selects behavior in certain situations. For this lecture the term motive and need will be used interchangeably. Implicit motive: motivational quality that exists inside but outside our conscious awareness. According to mcclelland, motives are like lens that filters ones experience into the kinds of quality that is meaningful or relevant. Therefore, the way i see the world through my lens is different from others motivation preferences. 249;087010794ex: why someone does the things they do. Some motives are only partly accessible to conscious and play an important role in cognition, perception and behaviour www. notesolution. com. Subjects compose stories in response to a series of ambiguous picture cues. The most common measurement strategy in psychology is self reports. Rely on participants to tell us what he or she is like. The stories and characters we create from the picture cues are projections of our motivational concerns.
