PSY205 Lecture 5: PSY205 Lecture 5
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Needs: univ. psychological needs: autonomy, competence & relatedness, acquired social needs come from socialization & preferences dvlped from experiences. Prefer/enjoy situatio(cid:374)s (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h allo(cid:449) fo(cid:396) : explicit std. s of excellence (achievement, why people enjoy challenges, afford warm re. ships (affiliation, exert influence over others (power, social needs: Implicit motives: activated by specific classes of social incentives: emotion based preference for challenging tasks. If negative emotions are produced, social incentive is low (exp. Standard of excellence: meet explicit standard (exp. Patterns: atki(cid:374)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s model, tendency to achieve (ta) = tendency to approach success (ts) tendency to avoid failure (taf, ta = ts taf, exp: at uni, 1st year courses are easier to reach success. Incentive value for success doing difficult tasks is high: dynamics-of-action model. Idea of being high or low affiliation: contemporary: leader with high a: motivate followers by support, respect, mentor with compassion, empathy, predict presidential effectiveness, effective ones (exp.
