PSY336H1 Lecture Notes - Eric Fromm, Motivation, Net Force
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Pink floyd: and you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it"s sinking racing around to come up behind you again . Thoreau: i went to the woods because i wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life. Class mean more on the ve side i. e. 2-3. Class exercise write: 1)down goals you feel you really want to accomplish in next 6m. 2)things you want to fix: think things through more , less anxious. We have this sense of ongoing ve stuff but always think it will clear up and get better= coping mechanism (positive realization feels great) But often bc it feels so good it demotivates ppl, positive realization= escapist unless it is accompanied by what gabriel calls mental contrasting i. e. reality checking. Ex take +ve realization and you contrast this against your current life, gabriel argues that this provides the motivational kick to get you going.
