PSY 355 Module One Milestone
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Part One
In 3 to 5 sentences for each rubric criterion, apply the conceptual foundations of motivation orientation
to your lived experience by responding to the following:
1. Describe which motivation orientation, autonomous or controlled, is most relevant to you and
why.
I believe that autonomous motivation is the most relevant to me in my life right now. Autonomous
motivation is something that is interesting to my and I find valuable to myself. I believe this is the most
relevant to me right now because I am currently a surrogate and going to school. Being a surrogate is
something I have wanted to do pretty much my whole life so it is very valuable to me to be able to help
someone else have a family that they can’t have on their own. And school is something that is both
interesting and valuable to me because it’s something that I can do for myself, and no one can take it
away from me.
2. Describe how motivation orientation influences level of engagement.
I believe the more motivated you are to do something that you want to do the higher your level of
engagement will be. However, when you feel an obligation to do something your level of engagement is
not going to be very high. Levels of engagement really depend on if its something you want to do and
are motivated to do it or not.
3. Describe an authentic example of how conformity has been both detrimental and essential to
your well-being.
In high school I got in with the wrong group of friends and I conformed to doing things that they did that
I knew I didn’t want to do, and I probably shouldn’t be doing. My parents would think I was staying at a
friend’s house and instead I was going with my friends to parties. Except I was only their because I knew
my friends needed a safe way to get home after they were under the influence. It could have been so
detrimental if I had also been going under the influence with them. But I think it helped me grow as a
person and was essential to my well being and knowing that no matter what I did within my life I knew
that I wanted to help people.
4. Describe the strengths and limitations of an autonomously motivated mindset as it applies to
emotional intelligence.
Strengths to autonomously motivated mindset would be that it is something you value and could help
you to better understand your emotions. Because it was your own decision you’re able to be self-aware
that it is really something that you want to do. Limitations could be that you’re wanting to do too many
things and not giving yourself motivation or even being self-aware that you’re doing or wanting to do
too much.
Part Two
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Next, in 3 to 5 sentences for each criterion, describe the practical applications of motivation orientation
within the leadership context by responding to the following:
1. Describe the types of values that you believe would help to promote an autonomously
motivated mindset in those you serve.
If I was in a leadership position, I would help promote autonomously motivated mindsets by being
supportive and promoting self-awareness and self-regulation. By being supportive I would help those I
serve be able to feel confident in what they are doing and have them know that they have the support
they need behind them. By promoting self-awareness and self-regulation I would just be helping them
to learn what their strengths and weaknesses may be and what they can and can’t do to a point.
2. Describe how you could support others in their own motivation.
The main thing that I or anyone can do when supporting others in their own motivation is to keep an
open mind and be their biggest cheer leader. Yes they may want to do something that you may not like
or agree with but that doesn’t mean you have to tear them apart for it. Instead keep and open mind,
maybe hear them out on their reasons why and then cheer them on along the way.
3. Describe an example of how your understanding of motivation orientation can help you engage
in more compassionate, empathetic leadership.
I believe that understanding of motivation orientation can help me engage in more compassionate,
empathetic leadership because I will be able to help find what motivates the people I am leading and
help them use that to their advantage. I would want to build connections with everyone to see what
motivated them and be understanding when what I want them to do may not always work for them so
trying to be open and find ways that we can all work together as a team with everyone’s different
motivations.
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