PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Introjection, Cognitive Evaluation Theory, Unconditional Positive Regard
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An optimistic view of the person as inherently good. The organism has but one basic tendency and striving to actualize, maintain, and enhance the experiencing organism. (rogers, 1951) Humans have a fundamental capacity to perceive the growth relevant implications of their experiences and choices. Higher order needs that emerge once the deficiency motives have been satisfied. Following peak experiences, individuals feel: at the peak of their abilities integrated, whole, and unified creative, self confident, flexible spontaneous, expressive, innocent. Doing something for its own sake (i. e. , interest or fun) Doing something to attain instrumentally separate outcomes. The free choice pardigm (ed deci"s doctoral research, c. 1969) Students are asked to solve a series of puzzles. Students are paid or not paid for solving the puzzles. Students" behaviour during a free choice period is observed. Occur in the absence of any apparent external reward. Are undertaken out of interest (i. e. , self determined) Acting in accord with extrinsic rewards & punishments (consequences)