agenda – monday, march 31 st

Agenda – Monday, March 31st Collect take-home quiz Bozo Buckets Motivation background notes Homework: Reading Quiz

WEDNESDAY Exam #4 FRIDAY AP Test Countdown 35 days! (24 school

days)

Bozo Buckets

In front of you will be five targets. Each is placed an increasing distance from where you are standing. You have THREE beanbags to toss at the target of your choice.

Bozo Buckets

If you hit target #1: Earn 2 points Target #2: Earn 4 points Target #3: Earn 8 points Target #4: Earn 16 points Target #5: Earn 32 points

Motivation

n-Ach: Need for achievement Desire to overcome obstacles and to

meet high standards of excellence David McClelland (yellow sheet)

argues that if you have HIGH n-Ach, you will shoot for the third or fourth bucket

Why?

Motivation

LOW n-Ach: Select “sure” things AND/OR impossible goals

HIGH n-Ach: Avoid goals that are too easy, but also know limits Very INTRINSICALLY motivated Ask yourself: Why are you in the class? Contributes to the four types of

motivation discussed in this chapter

Motivation

All processes involved in starting, directing, and maintaining physical and psychological activities

Types of motivation: Hunger Sexual Social Work

Theories of Motivation Why are we motivated

to behave a certain way?

Example: Are you motivated to

consume a Bacon-ator when you are starving in the same way you are motivated to do well in high school and receive college scholarships?

Theory #1 Drive Reduction Theory What is it?

Motivation comes from our desires to reduce internal drives by meeting our needs

Physiological needs Food, water, sleep, etc.

Internal drives Hunger, thirst, exhaustion, etc.

Theory #2 Optimum Arousal Theory What is it?

People feel motivated to maintain a certain level of arousal, despite a lack of physical drives to do so

Examples: Riding a roller coaster, seeing people after being along all day, attending a concert

Theory #2

Yerkes-Dodson Law (aka “The Inverted U”) Low and high levels of arousal produce

lower performance than moderate arousal

Theory #3 Incentive Theory What is it?

Motivation is the combination of factors that push us towards something or pull us away from pursuing something

Examples Detentions and extra credit are used to

motivate behavior Runners run to either beat their own times

or to beat other runners

Theory #4

Instinct Theory What is it?

Automatic innate responses to certain environmental experiences

Examples Geese fly south for the winter (response)

when the weather becomes cold (environment)

Babies search for food (response) when something touches their face (environment)

Theory #5

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs What is it?

Abraham Maslow’s argument that we are motivated to achieve certain basic needs before pursuing higher psychological needs

Example People do not want to work on their

marriage problems when they are starving and homeless