PSYCH 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Motivation, Goal Orientation, Overjustification Effect
17 Oct 2016
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If i write a decent paperi will get an a . Your level of motivation is the multiplication of these three elements. Motivation is based on your belief of future events. Your belief that something is going to happen. You have to have some of all three to be motivated. Ex: you are a manager and have to motivate some people. Human cognitive capacity and a combining rule. Peoples prediction about how good or bad you will feel are not stable. The reality and prediction are somewhat different. You have to persuade someone to accept the goal. You need to know if you are making progress towards that goal or. Goal orientation some people want to do it just to do itsome people want to not reach a goal to show people that they can reach that goal. Vie sets direction and goal-setting begins the process. Motivation is based on (nested) hierarchy of goals with feedback loops.
