PSYB30H3 : PSYB30_lec 12.docx

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We"ll talk about characteristic/stylistic ways in which ppl adapt to their social role/geography/time/space/current environmentetc. What are the characteristic ways in which we adapt to our environment: take form of motivational + cognitive + developmental constructs. We use self-reports to determine ppls" motives; but this doesn"t work for things outside conscious awareness/unconscious/implicit motivations. ; so, we need a scoring system to guide us when reading a story and to score as present or absent of themes. Subject ppl experimentally to conditions that will temporarily make them think more about achievement/raise level of achievement motivation; hypothesis/strategy by. Tat has been criticized for poor reliability; if ppl are asked to write one story and then another and another; there is very little internal consistency b/n the stories; this shows a lack of reliability. Mcclelland: n ach = need for achievement; ex. ppl like to take things that already work and make them work better; ex.