Week 8 discussion

WEEK 8 THEORIES OF LEARNING AND MOTIVATION

OVERVIEW

Motivation and Affect

Cognitive Factors in Motivation

• Assigned Reading and Materials

Chapter 15: Motivation

Chapter 16: Cognitive Factors in Motivation

• Activities

Discussion

DISCUSSION BOARD

• Choose one concept from this week that stood out to you and that you wanted

to learn more about. Briefly explain this concept and why you wanted to learn

more about it. Then, find a research article (with Methods & Participants)

published in a peer-reviewed psychological journal on that concept. Provide a

brief paragraph explaining the research methods and results from this study,

and then, explain what you learned about your selected concept from the

research article.

Theories of Motivation:

Abraham Maslow

•Born in 1908 in Brooklyn,

NY

•Parents were poor

Russian Jewish immigrants

•Founding member of the

Association for Humanistic

Psychology

•Died in 1970

Hierarchy of Needs

Food, water, sleep

War, crime, illness

Intimacy, friendship, group

Reputation, respect

Fulfill potential

Characteristics of

self-actualized people

“Self- actualizers are not ordinary people with

something added, but rather ordinary people

with nothing taken away”

efficient perception of reality

spontaneity

acceptance

problem-centered

need for privacy (solitude)

autonomy

freshness of appreciation

peak experiences

human kinship

interpersonal relationships

ethics and values

discrimination between

means and ends sense of humor

creativity

resistance to enculturation

Closing Thoughts;)

Class ends this Saturday, 8/26 at midnight

➢All assignments/discussion must be turned in by then to count

toward final grade

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Thank you for an awesome semester!!!