PSYC 471 Lecture : Human Motivation – Complete Lecture Notes.docx
12 Dec 2013
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Universal action plan that comes with setting a goal: focusing more attention on stimuli related to the goal, prepare yourself to give more effort, prepare yourself to have to persevere and overcome obstacles. Observe if you"re reaching your goal (monitoring your behavior), make adjustments. Require self-control strength in order to successfully reach a new goal: sometimes you can have greater self-control strength than at other times. Has to do with how much self-control you have to exert throughout the day because is dissipated as the day goes on. If you want to implement new exercise or something, schedule it early in the day. Social support and making things public harder to back off the goal. Realistic (or ready esp. re. self-efficacy: need confidence that you can achieve it. Time-framed: many goals are distal, far in the future and these don"t provide helpful guidance. Self-efficacy beliefs about your ability to successfully perform certain actions.
