February 28, 2019

Thursday February 28, 2019

On Board: 
Instincts and Evolutionary Psychology
Drives and Incentives
Optimum Arousal
Hierarchy of Motives

Circle: How do you think we as a school could motivate more students to do well in school?  Is it possible?

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Big Picture- Looking at the diversity of needs that underlie our thoughts, behaviors, and the choices we make.

Discussion: What motivates people to action? Pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain generally promotes our survival and explains much of what we do.  However sometimes the principal is counterproductive.  In your group generate a list of things we do that confirm the seek pleasure and avoid pain principal and a list that but also a list that goes against the principal.


Where does the behaviorist, evolutionary, cognitive, social cultural, psychoanalytic, biological and humanistic perspective fit into the conversation around motivation?  Is poverty a choice?  Why would anyone want to be poor? Cape Elizabeth versus Rumford? College education statistics for rural poor. Generational poverty

Activity: T or F

Activity: Sensation-Seeking Scale

Activity: Self Actualization Survey

Activity: Desirability of Control Scale


Research: How to motivate yourself


Reading Assignments:

2/12: 327-337


2/14: 337-362


2/16: 366-376


2/18 377-384


2/26: 384-406


TBA: Test


Vocabulary Words:

Abraham Maslow
Cannon-Bard Theory
Drive-Reduction theory
Emotion
General adaptation syndrome
Hierarchy of needs
Homeostasis
Incentive
Instinct
James-Lange theory
Motivation
Stress