Motivation
What does Flaherty narrow down and connects motivation to?
Connects motivation to Talent and narrow the temporal lobe, a part of the brain that is associated with language processing but also with "drive" - that is whatever motivates us to do what we do. Temporal lobe epilepsy can result in this overwhelming urge to write, and the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky suffered from this condition and also Thom Jones.
what is autonomy?
Defined as engaging in a behavior because it is perceived to be consistent with intrinsic goals or outcomes and emanates from the self. In other words, the behavior is self-determined.
What is mastery?
A psychological force that stimulates an individual to attempt independently, in a focused and persistent manner, to solve a problem or master a skill or task which is at least moderately challenging for him or her.
What is Purpose?
Connection to a goal bigger than yourself; a self-organizing aim that guides you and imbues even the simplest actions with relevance and meaning.
What is Flow?
An intense state of being when the artist/creative is completely immersed in the creative process and becomes unaware of other external stimuli or even of their own bodily stimuli.
Intrinsic Motivation
Feeling motivated to complete a task by something inside you, like passion, rather than by external motivating factors like money or praise.
Controlled motivation
In contrast, reflects engaging in behaviors for externally referenced reasons such as to gain rewards or perceived approval from others or to avoid punishment or feelings of guilt.
What type of results do you get from Mastery?
You'll likely see your potential as being unlimited, and you'll constantly seek to improve your skills through learning and practice.
Describe goals driven people.
People who are only goal driven are often extremely action oriented and become restless if they don’t have many things going on at the same time. They may have everything they could wish for, but they still can’t quite identify why they suffer from this restlessness. They just feel that something should be different.
The The 4 "P's" of creativity?
Person, product, process, and press refers to the four different ways in which creativity can be measured.
Extrinsic motivation
Motivation that comes from external rewards like money, fame, praise, etc.
Self-determination theory
Proposes a more nuanced differentiation of the autonomous and controlled forms of motivation underpinning action
An athlete who has mastered mastery would most likely?
An athlete who's motivated by mastery might want to run as fast as they possibly can. Any medals that they receive are less important than the process of continuous improvement
What is "Finding your purpose"?
Finding one’s Purpose in life is one of the most transformational experiences we can have and enables us to experience true inner motivation, leaving us with a feeling of effortlessness and satisfaction.
What is Gilford's "Structure of Intellect Model" ?
Operation (or thinking process), Content (the subject-related knowledge), and Product (the actual outcome)
What did Daniel Pink discover?
Uncovered studies that show that monetary rewards have limitations. For mechanical or "algorithmic" tasks, a monetary reward will motivate people to work hard.
Can environment affect autonomy?
Some behaviors may have a greater tendency to engender autonomous reasons for engaging in them while others may have a greater propensity to be determined by external forces.
How does mastery affect children?
The differences in children mastery behaviors are related to levels of mastery behaviors in the children.
What is the purpose of motivation in an organization?
Motivation can drive the employees of an organization to meet their individual goals as well as the company's overall goals. The concept can be further classified into three important sub-concepts: motivators, the motive and the actual act of motivation.
Define Creativity.
Creativity is something mystical and inherited, not something that can be developed.
Darwinian Theory of Creativity
Divides creativity into three simple stages: 1. coming up with multiple ideas, 2. weeding out the bad ones, and 3. germinating more ideas from the remaining good ideas.
Are there behaviors that tend to engender a more autonomous regulation in terms of the typical motivational regulation adopted by individuals when acting relative to others that tend to foster a more controlled regulation?
This is important theoretically because a general premise of self-determination theory is that the motivational processes are consistent across contexts and actions. It is also important for intervention design as it will provide evidence that means to support autonomy will generalize across behavioral domains.
When does Mastery Motivation Emerge?
Infants desire to engage with tasks that result in the experience of moderate uncertainty, therefore, mastery motivation is initially pursued exclusively through parent-infant engagements
What does Pink says on Purpose?
Pink argues that people intrinsically want to do things that matter. For example, entrepreneurs are often intrinsically motivated to "make a difference" rather than simply aiming for profit maximization.
Who was the first to study creativity first as a subject?
Joy Gilford