Motivation
The impetus that gives purpose or direction to behaviour and operates in humans at a conscious or unconscious level
What is motivation?
They are the theorists for self-determination theory.
Who are Deci & Ryan?
The need of being motivated by the wish to grow and fulfil one's full potential.
What is self-actualisation?
The theorist for subjective wellbeing.
Who is Diener?
The theorist for psychological wellbeing.
Who is Ryff?
These are physiological or organic, such as thirst and hunger
What are primary motives?
Represents a lack of motivation that occurs when individuals feel no internal or external drive to engage in a particular behaviour.
What is amotivation?
The highest level of the hierarchy of needs (1970).
What is transcendence?
People’s cognitive and affective evaluations of their lives
What is subjective wellbeing?
Individuals seeking personal evaluation not from others but from within themselves using their own standards.
What is autonomy in psychological wellbeing?
This source of motivation explains why some of the least musical contestants try out to be on Australian idol and other talent shows seem utterly confident in their ability to sing
What is cognition?
They are the three psychological needs for motivation.
What are autonomy, competence, and relatedness?
The two years that appear on your syllabus for the hierarchy of needs.
What are 1954 and 1970?
The two key components of subjective wellbeing.
What are life satisfaction and affective balance?
Individuals who self actualise find importance in forming genuine relationships with other people and also in guiding the younger generation. Such individuals believe in the significance of forming empathetic connections with others.
What is positive relations with others?
This source of motivation can relate to acting in a certain way out of fear.
What is emotion?
They are the four types of extrinsic motivation regulation
What are external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation and integrated regulation?
An approach to personality which states we’re born with the potential for good, and will try to reach our full potential given the right conditions
What is humanism?
The two categories of affective balance.
What are positive affect and negative affect?
A high scorer in this category will feel positive about their past life.
What is self-acceptance?
This source of motivation includes saying your favourite colour is yellow because you want to be more like your sister who also has yellow as a favourite colour
What is social?
They are two assumptions that self-determination theory makes.
What are the need for growth drives behaviour and autonomous motivation is important?
A limitation of the 1954 model, but not the 1970 model.
What is being simplistic in the need for motivation*?
Accept other relevant responses.
Having supportive friends is an example of this.
Be specific.
What is (an example of) positive affect/feelings?
A low scorer in this aspect will feel bored and uninterested with life.
What is personal growth?