05:300:306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Motivation, Chiropractic, Self-Actualization

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Education
• Course: 05:300:306
• Professor: O' D O N N E L L

Document Summary

Motivation: directs behavior toward particular goals, leads to increased effort and energy, affects cognitive processing, determines which consequences are reinforcing and punishing. Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation: extrinsic motivation factors external to the individual factors unrelated to the task, good grades, money, recognition. Intrinsic motivation factors within the individual factors inherent in the task: pleasure, developing a valued skill, ethically and morally the right thing to do, learners may be simultaneously motivated by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Extrinsic rewards can be beneficial: but can also undermine intrinsic motivation. Physiological safety love and belonging self-esteem self actualization. Need for arousal: people strive for a certain optimal level of arousal at which they feel best. Expectancies & values: expectancy = expectation for success. Necessary effort: value = perceived benefit of task. Cost: students are likely to engage in a behavior if they have some expectancy of success and find some value in it. Interests: form of intrinsic motivation, situational interest.