PSYCH 124S Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Weight Loss, Psych
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Five guidelines for building motivation: guidelines 1 and 2. Guideline 1: both situations and traits motivate people. Guideline 2: people have multiple motives for involvement. People participate for more than one reason. People may have competing motives for involvement. People have both shared and unique motives. Five guidelines for building motivation: guideline 3. Guideline 3: change the environment to enhance motivation. Five guidelines for building motivation: guidelines 4 and 5. Guideline 4: leaders influence motivation directly and indirectly. Guideline 5: use behavior modification to change undesirable participant motives. Motivation is a key variable in both learning and performance contexts. Physical and psychological factors beyond motivation influence behavior and must be considered. Some motivational factors are more easily influenced than others. Achievement motivation is a person"s orientation to strive for task success, persist in the face of failure, and experience pride in accomplishments (gill, 2000).
