PSY 3103 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Peer Pressure, Ellen Langer, The Incentive

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3103
• Professor: Patrice Karn

Document Summary

6 keys to motivation: ability to delay short-term gratification, persistence, optimism, goal setting, self-regulation, change unwanted habits. *note: remember this by using the acronym gorg-pc. = for gorgeous computer) and you can remember that the key to motivation is having a good computer: push motivation is driven by motives, which are defined as biological and psychological needs. Some examples include: biological need for food pushes us to eat and the psychological need to belong pushes us to affiliate with certain groups: pull motivation is driven by external objects, which are defined as incentives or goals. Some examples include: the incentive value of obtaining a university degree pulls us to study and graduate, or the incentive value of money pulls us to work. A drive is defined as a psychological state of arousal resulting from a need. When you combine a need with an incentive, the drive is very strong.