PSYC 2230 Study Guide - Final Guide: Operant Conditioning, Limbic System, Belongingness
21 Oct 2012
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Chapter 5, 6, 11, 12 most emphasized in exam. Chapter 12: cognitive motivation and control selected concepts: deci"s theory of intrinsic motivation: intrinsic motivation arises out of need to control environment and feel competent in that control. When lack of control is perceived, there is a giving-up as noted in learned helplessness. Perceived lack of control has a demotivating effect, while perceived control has a motivating effect. Study of decisions we make about the causes of events. Need to make sense of events: personal = individual (i brought about that particular outcome) Interpersonal = causes that arise in social interaction. Impersonal = natural cause, something that happened in the environment. Assign particular causes to other people"s behaviour. Assigning causes accounts for motivations underlying their behaviour. Dispositional forces: person"s ability, effort etc. Situational forces: difficulty of the task, good/bad luck etc.
