PSQF 1075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Motivation, Introjection, Belongingness

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
• Course: PSQF 1075
• Professor: Kelly Mitchell

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Psychologist: explain motivation in terms of 1) personal traits or individual characteristics or 2) more as a state, a temporary situation. Amotivation: is a complete lack of any intent to act- no engagement at all. Intrinsic motivation: is the natural human tendency to seek out and conquer challenges as we pursue personal interests and exercise our capabilities. Extrinsic motivation: not really interested in the activity for its own sake; we care only about what it will gain us. Locus of causality: internal or external; personal interest (internal locus of causality/intrinsic motivation) or because someone or something else outside is influencing them (external locus of causality/extrinsic motivation) Behavioral: extrinsic motivation; reward: is an attractive object or event supplied as consequence of a behavior. Incentive: is an object or event that encourages or discourages behavior. Humanistic: intrinsic motivation; humanistic interpretations: motivation emphasize such intrinsic sou(cid:396)(cid:272)es of (cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374) as pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s needs fo(cid:396) (cid:862)self-a(cid:272)tualizatio(cid:374)(cid:863), (cid:862)a(cid:272)tualizi(cid:374)g te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:863), a(cid:374)d (cid:862)self-dete(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374)(cid:863).