Showing posts with label Maslow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maslow. Show all posts
Monday, March 3, 2014 - , , , 0 Talk Back(s)

Motivation

What do you get motivated by?
For me, in the long run, by my dreams and what i want to accomplish but from day to day, i love reading the little inspirational quotes. Those are one of my biggest motivators. 


Motivation: A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.

  1. Instinct Theory: We are motivated by our inborn automated behaviors. ( But instincts only explains why we do a small fraction of our behavior).
  2. Drive- Reduction Theory: The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - , , , , , 0 Talk Back(s)

Personality Continued: So Many Perspectives

Psychoanalytical Perspective:

  • Personality develops throughout life and is not fixed in childhood.
  • Freud under emphasized peer influence on the individual, which may be as powerful as parent influence.
  • Gender identity may develop before the age of 5-6.
  • Verbal slips can be explained on the basis of cognitive processing of verbal choices.
  • Suppressed sexuality leads to psychological disorders.
  • The psychoanalytical theory rests on the repression of painful experiences into the unconscious mind. 
Criticism: Scientific merits of Freud's theory has been criticized because it is lowly testable, and its concept arises out of clinical practice, which are after-the-fact explanation.
The Modern Unconscious Mind:
  • Shows evidence of nonconcious information processing
  • schemas: automatically control perceptions and interpretations
  • self concept and stereotypes unconsciously influence us 
Humanistic Perspective:
  • Maslow proposed that individuals are motivated by the hierarchy of needs.
  • We begin with the physiological needs and we try to fulfill out full potential (self actualization).
  • Carl Rogers believed in unconditional positive regard despite failing
  • Positive self-concept: If ideal and real are close.
  • Self-concept: Who am i?
  • Criticism: It is vague and subjective. It lacks scientific basis. The individualism encouraged can lead to self indulgence and lack of moral restraint. Humanistic perspective fails to appreciate reality.
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