PSYD30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cognitive Evaluation Theory, Motivation, Prefrontal Cortex
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The traits you have will determine if you"re happy or not. Sheng: what are basic needs and motivation within sdt, need is related to well-being. Self-determination rteory: reci & ryan (1985, a theory of human motivation, extrinsic vs intrinsic motivation. Needs: equated with any motivating force, including one"s desires, goals, want or values. I want more money: the nutriments or conditions that are essential to an entity"s growth and integrity. Three basic needs: autonomy: the need to feel volitional, the sense of personal endorsement, competence: the sense of feeling mastery, relatedness: the need to feel connected to other. A closer look at autonomy: not about being an original cause, or initiation. Ex nihilio (i. e. autonomy is not free will : not about independence or individualism (greek: auto = self, nomous = ruling, not about controlling the environment. Locus of causality (decharms, 1968) vs. locus of control (rotther, Needs & motivation: intrinsic motivation and autonomy.
